Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit) (Classics of India)

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The Bhagavad Gita, The Song of the Bhagavan, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. This scripture contains a conversation between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide Lord Krishna on a variety of theological and philosophical issues. Faced with a fratricidal war, a despondent Arjuna turns to his charioteer Krishna for counsel on the battlefield. Krishna, through the course of the Gita, imparts to Arjuna wisdom, the path to devotion, and the doctrine of selfless action. The Gita upholds the essence and the theological tradition of the Upanishads. However, unlike the rigorous monism of the mukhya, the earlier Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita also integrates dualism and theism. Numerous commentaries have been written on the Bhagavad Gita with widely differing views on the essentials, beginning with Adi Sankara's commentary on the Gita in the eighth century CE and including Dnyaneshwari. Commentators see the setting of the Gita in a battlefield as an allegory for the ethical and moral struggles of the human life. The Bhagavad Gita's call for selfless action inspired many leaders of the Indian independence movement including Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who referred to the Gita as his "spiritual dictionary". (Source: Wikipedia) Review: C'est beau - Juste pour le fun d'avoir un ouvrage entièrement en nagari. Pas de translitération ni commentaire mais je le savais. Je trouve la calligraphie de cette écriture trop belle et j'arrive à lire un peu Review: I have almost perfect vision, and I feel like I need to ... - The font is extremely small. I have almost perfect vision, and I feel like I need to use a magnifying glass to read it. Fortunately, this is a gift, so I won't be using it. I already have a different copy. There is enough space on the page that is blank, I would suggest utilizing it in the future.