
Bhagavad Gita through a Story
“ There is a story about the building of the great Brihadeeshvara temple thousand years ago by Raja Raja Choza in Thanjavur, probably the most beautiful temple in India The king one day decided to go and inspect the work, so he drove to the temple site, got out of his chariot and walked towards where the temple was being built. He came across a man who was cutting stone and he asked him,
“What are you doing?”
The man said, “I am cutting stone”.
He went a little further, and there was another man who was doing the same thing. He asked,
“What are you doing?”
The man answered, “I am earning a living”.
He went little further and came to a third person who was doing exactly the same thing. He asked,
“What are you doing?”
He said, “Sir, I am building a great temple”.
Now you will see the difference of attitude. They were doing exactly the same thing,they were getting the same wages. But the first man was simply mechanically performing a task. The second one had a slightly broader vision, he had the problem of his family and was earning for them. The third one was earning for his family certainly, but he had the broad vision that he was building a great temple for Lord Shiva.
This illustrates the theory of correct action. Whatever you may be doing, it does not really matter s long as you are doing it with inner dedication and devotion, and as long as you are using action itself as a powerful means for spiritual development. This is the first major teaching of Gita, the theory of correct action.
The theory of correct action in the Gita revolves around a single concept: that action should NOT be purely for selfish purposes, although the self is obviously involved. Action must be positive, joyous, affirmative action; it must be an offering to the divine.
From the book ‘The Gita in World Literature’
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8. 45 Commentaries on Bhagavad Gita
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45 commentaries on Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita has more than 45 commentaries. The commentary of Sankara is the most ancient of the existing ones. There were other commentaries older than his, to which he refers in his introduction, but they have not come to us.
Gita has been translated into major languages of the world. The translations are not included in the following list. Some commentaries are not available in full. Gita is multi faceted and many dimensional; a single sloka can be taken up and can be developed for days, as has been done by many commentators
Following are some important commentaries on Gita:
1.Adi Sankara
2.Ananda giri
3.Daivajnya Pandita
4.Dhanapati
5.Hanumat
6.Madhusudana
7.Nilakantha
8.Sadananda
9.Sankarananda
10.Sridhara
11.Venkatanatha
12.Jnaneswara
13.Wamana pandita
14.Kesava kasmirin
15.Ramanuja
16.Madhwa
17.Jayathirtha
18.Raghavendra
19.Ranti deva
20.Yadava prakasa
21.Narayana
Kashmira Group
22.Bhaskara
23.Abhinava Gupta
24.Ananda Vardhana
25.Rajanaka
26.Lasakaka
27.Ramakantha
28.Vasu Gupta
29.Vallabha
30.Purusottama
Modern
31.Bala Gangadhara Tilak
32.Mahatma Gandhi
33.Vinoba bhave
34.Bhakti Vedanta Prabupada
35.Chidbhavananda Swamiji
36.Swami Sivananda
37.Swami Chinmayananda
38.Sri Sathya Sai Baba
39.Paramahamsa Yogananda
40.Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
41.V.S.Ghate
42.Ekanath Easwaran
43. Sri Aurobindo
Foreigners
44.W D P Gill
45.Senart
46.G.Thibaut
47.F.Edgerton
48.Jeanne Fowler
49.Ithamar Theodore
From “Comparative Study of the Commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita”- written by T G Mainkar.
Important words
AVATARA & MAYA appear in the Gita five times
BHAKTI with its derivatives occurs in nearly 42 places.
BRAHMAN occurs in 55 times!
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Earlier articles on Krishna posted by me:
1.ONE MINUTE BHAGHAVAD GITA
2.Krishna’s Diamond in USA?
3.Atom bomb to Zoo of Bhagavad Gita
4.Krishna’s Restaurant in Dwaraka: Hot Satwic Food Sold
5.ஸ்ரீ கிருஷ்ணனுடன் 60 வினாடி பேட்டி (Tamil))
6.கண்ணன் வழி….தனீ…..வழி!(Tamil)
7.கொலவெறி வைரம்
Posted by Tamil and Vedas on June 3, 2013
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