It is my earnest request to you that in our country, in India, we have a treasure of transcendental scripture, and these have been brought together, the meaning of the Vedas . . . the words spoken by the Supreme Person Himself, "ya svayam padmanabhasya mukha padma vinisrita" (Gītā-mahātyam – Verse 4). This Bhagavad-gita has been presented as it is, without mixing any concocted ideas and theories, that would render it useless. The Supreme Person in the Bhagavad-gītā is saying,
- dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
- māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva kim akurvata sañjaya
- (Bhagavad-gītā 1.1)
There is no need for any mental speculation, like, "Kurukṣetra signifies the body, Pandavas signify the five senses, this and that." By doing this the everything is spoilt because this is not the actual meaning. The actual meaning is that Kurukṣetra is a place and there is a station by that name in Kurukṣetra. Then what is the need for saying that Kurukṣetra is the body.
Interpretation is needed only when something is not clearly understood. When something is not understood then a person may interpret and explain what it actually means. Only when it is not clear, like it is said in scriptures that, "Gaṇgā goṣapadi" that, on top of the river Ganges, there is a colony called Ghoṣpāda. So, one may be confused as to how there could be a human dwelling on top of river Ganges that is full of water. Here, the interpretation is needed, and explained that this implies that there is a colony with human dwelling by the banks of the river Ganges.