The Bhagavad Gita Text, Word-To-Word Meaning, Translation and Commentary

Sivananda, Sri Swami

ISBN 10: 8170520002 / ISBN 13: 9788170520009

Published by The Divine Life Society, Uttarakhand, India, 2018

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Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ attached to inside of boards, corners lightly bumped, small puncture hole to rear endpaper. ; Sixteenth edition of 4000 copies, 2018. Gloss pictorial boards with red place ribbon. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover design and artwork uncredited. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 618 pages; The Bhagavad Gita is one phase of the tripod of Indian philosophy and culture, the other two phases being the Upanishads and the Brahmasutras. The Bhagavad Gita blends together the transcendent and the immanent features of the Ultimate Reality, bringing together into an integrated whole knowledge and action, the inner and the outer, the individual and the society, man and God. Swami Sivananda is one of the great exponents of the philosophy, religion and technique of the Bhagavad Gita, and his commentary is regarded as one of the most authoritative expositions available.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bhagavad Gita Text, Word-To-Word Meaning, Translation and Commentary
• Publisher: The Divine Life Society, Uttarakhand, India
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8170520002
• ISBN 13: 9788170520009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Sixteenth Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+

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Synopsis

The Bhagavadgita is one phase of the Tripod of Indian philosophy and culture, the other two phases being the Upanishads and the Brahmasutras. While the Upanishads lay the foundation of the loftiest reach possible for humanity and the Brahmasutras logically elucidate the intricate issues involved in the Upanishads, the Bhagavadgita blends together the Transcendent and the Immanent features of the Ultimate Reality, bringing together into an integrated whole knowledge and action, the inner and the outer, the individual and the society, man and God, all which are portrayed as facets of a universal Operation, presenting entire life and all life as a perfectly complete organic wholeness, leaving nothing unsaid and attempting to solve every problem of life.

About the Author

Sivananda Saraswati (8 September 1887 14 July 1963) was a Hindu spiritual teacher and a proponent of Yoga and Vedanta. Sivananda was born Kuppuswami in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. He lived most part of his life near Muni Ki Reti, Rishikesh. He was the founder of the Divine Life Society (DLS) in 1936, Yoga-Vedanta Forest Academy (1948) and author of over 200 books on yoga, Vedanta and a variety of subjects. He established Sivananda Ashram, the headquarters of the DLS, on the bank of the Ganges at Sivanandanagar, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Rishikesh.[1][2][3] Sivananda Yoga, the yoga form propagated by his disciple Vishnudevananda, is now spread in many parts of the world through Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres. These centres are not affiliated with Sivananda's ashrams, which are run by the Divine Life Society.