Why did Krishna choose Arjuna as the recipient of Bhagavad-gita?
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Why did Krishna choose Arjuna as the recipient of the Bhagavad Gita’s knowledge? Historically, it was Arjuna who asked the questions and Krishna gave the answers. So it is said in the Bible, So ultimately, the Bhagavad Gita reveals that if we are sincere seekers, then there are higher powers which will guide us. So Arjuna seeks sincerely, urgently, fervently at a time when he is agonized about the consequences of the choices in front of him and because he seeks, he gets.
Along with seeking, there is also an attitude that is important. Sometimes when questions are asked, if questions are asked simply to challenge and counter the answers that the seer is going to give, then the seeker cannot benefit much. So Krishna himself tells Arjuna that the essential knowledge of the Bhagavad Gita is timeless and he has revealed or we could say re-revealed this timeless knowledge to Arjuna because of his devotional disposition.
So in the fourth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, he says, In third verse, Krishna says that because you are my devotee and you are my friend, therefore this confidential knowledge I have told to you. So because Krishna and Arjuna were friends, Arjuna was next to Krishna, Arjuna asked Krishna the knowledge. So we all can have different relationships with God in different flavors, but if we have that attitude of devotion, then that devotion is the connection that brings reception.
Just like all over the world nowadays, there are TV frequencies which are going. We need a proper antenna which can receive and then the program that is being broadcast comes on our TV. So Krishna is giving this knowledge to Arjuna, but through Arjuna is giving it to everyone.
But Arjuna had the proper antenna, the proper receptivity for getting that knowledge. So that receptivity is the attitude of devotion. So Krishna chose Arjuna because he was inquisitive and because he was devoted.