Anugita (अनुगीता)

Anugita (Samskrit: अनुगीता) is a conversation between Arjuna and Shri Krishna after the war of Mahabharata and coronation of Yudhishthira. It occurs as a part of the Ashvamedhika Parva in the Mahabharata (adhyayas 16-19).

The Adhyayas 16 to 92 in the Ashvamedhika Parva of the Mahabharata are designated as the Anugita Upaparva. It begins with Arjuna's enquiry about the Bhagavad Gita to Shri Krishna.

Once, after the Mahabharata war, as Arjuna was surveying the palace and rejoicing in the company of Krishna, he expressed his curiosity about the topics of Bhagavad Gita that Krishna explained to him with affection. He says,

Oh Krishna, I became aware of your greatness and divine form when the battle was about to commence. But what you explained to me has now disappeared from my mind. And now that you will be proceeding to Dvaraka, I feel curious about those topics.

Krishna embraced Arjuna and replied that it is neither possible that Arjuna did not grasp the knowkedge of the Gita nor is it possible for Krishna to recollect it in whole now. And therefore, Krishna relates a story so that adhering to that knowledge, Arjuna may attain the highest goal.