A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF LOKASAMGRAHA AS UNIVERSAL WELFARE TO DEVELOP WORLD SOLIDARITY DURING COVID 19 IN THE CONTEXT OF BHAGAVAD GITA

This paper explores Lokasamgraha asuniversal welfare to develop world solidarity during COVID-19 in the context of the Bhagavad Gita.It provides some significance and insights on the concept of Lokasamgraha as universal welfare. It is the ideal of performing duty for the holding together of the people and well-being of humanity, social integration and peaceful society. The objectives of the study are to investigate Lokasamgraha as universal welfare to develop world solidarity. This paper is based on literature review and hermeneutics, a qualitative research methodology which involves study, understanding and interpretation of classical text. The existing findings are interpreted by analysing the verse of the Bhagavad Gita. At the end, it is concluded that eternal messages of Lokasamgraha is universal welfare to develop world solidarity in the context of Bhagavad Gita during COVID-19 pandemic.