Guest guest Posted July 17, 2000 Report Share Posted July 17, 2000 Dear Bhagawathas, namaskArams. A while ago I had asked a couple of questions about Srimad Bhagawat Gita. I have one more question. So I am listing all three here. I request knowledgeable members to kindly help me with information. 1. Please recommend a book of Bhagawat Gita verse-by-verse translation/commentary (in English or Tamizh). Also please suggest how I can acquire a copy here in US. 2. I would like to know the Gita dhyAna SlOkam in practice amoung Sri Vaishnavas. 3. Can one recite non-consecutive chapters of Srimad B.G during the same prayer session ? For eg. suppose adiyEn wants to meditate on karma yoga concepts and subsequently those of bhakti yoga, can adiyEn recite chap.3 and chap.12 without reciting the chapters in between ? Thank you so much. adiyEn, chandrasekaran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2000 Report Share Posted July 18, 2000 Chandrasekaran Venkatraman writes: > 2. I would like to know the Gita dhyAna SlOkam in practice amoung Sri > Vaishnavas. I do not if there is one in particular, but I have heard the great Sri Velukkudi Varadachariar Swami recite the following before a lecture on the Gita: sarvopanishado gAvo dogdhA gopAla-nandanaH | pArtho vatsaH su-dhIr bhOktA dugdham gItAmRtam mahat || If all the Upanishads are cows, their milker is the beloved of the cowherds, Sri Krishna. Arjuna is the calf, and the wise are those who drink the milk which is this great nectar, the Gita. > 3. Can one recite non-consecutive chapters of Srimad B.G during the > same prayer session ? For eg. suppose adiyEn wants to meditate on > karma yoga concepts and subsequently those of bhakti yoga, can adiyEn > recite chap.3 and chap.12 without reciting the chapters in between ? I don't think there are any hard and fast rules here as long as you meditate on them with the appropriate meaning. As far as translations of the Gita go, the only readily available editions in English that I can recommend are Swami Adidevananda's with Sri Ramanuja's Gita-bhashya, published by the Ramakrishna Ashrama and available anywhere where their books are found, and Sri M.R. Sampatkumaran's translation of the same. dAsan, Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2000 Report Share Posted July 18, 2000 Dear Sri Mani/Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Thanks for responding to my mail about Srimad Bhagawat Gita. Actually I had quoted this dhyAna slOkam in my first mail itself in this regard and said in that mail that " I think this is Adhi Sankara's" . Now I am not very sure about its author. The Slokam starts as "pArthAya prathibhOdhithAm" and has many verses about the mahAtmyam of Srimad B.G. and has descriptions such as "the Lord sailed Arjuna through the dreadful dhrONA, karNA, bhIshmA, dhuryOdhana who are like crocodiles in the river ...". The verse quoted here by Sri Mani also is a part of this dhyAna SlOkam and the SlOkam preceding that is : prapanna pArijAthAya thOthra vEthraika pANaiyE | j~gyAna mudrAya kr~shNAya gIthAmr~tha dhuhE namaha || Another famous verse housed in this dhyAna SlOkam is vasudEva sutam dEvam kamsa chANUra mardhanam | dEvakI paramAnandam kr~shNam vandE jagatgurum || adiyEn has this full dhyAna SlOkam and recites this before gItha recitation. Probably I was confused by the words, "advaithAmr~tha varshiNIm" and thought it is Sri Sankara's. I am sorry. Knowledgeable members please share your thoughts about this. One question in general to members who are steeped in Srimad B.G . What is the general opinion about the language of translation one is better off reading in, barring the factor of the erudition of the translator ? If we have both tamizh and english translation of Sri Bhashya commentary, which could bring about more satisfaction to a reader-seeker ? I know this is somewhat subjective and also subject to the translator's erudition etc., But it would be helpful to get an idea as to what Bhagawathas have experienced. Thanks. adiyEn, chandrasekaran. Mani Varadarajan [mani] Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:09 AM Chandrasekaran Venkatraman Cc: bhakti-list Re: Help with Bhagawat Gita Chandrasekaran Venkatraman writes: > 2. I would like to know the Gita dhyAna SlOkam in practice amoung Sri > Vaishnavas. I do not if there is one in particular, but I have heard the great Sri Velukkudi Varadachariar Swami recite the following before a lecture on the Gita: sarvopanishado gAvo dogdhA gopAla-nandanaH | pArtho vatsaH su-dhIr bhOktA dugdham gItAmRtam mahat || If all the Upanishads are cows, their milker is the beloved of the cowherds, Sri Krishna. Arjuna is the calf, and the wise are those who drink the milk which is this great nectar, the Gita. > 3. Can one recite non-consecutive chapters of Srimad B.G during the > same prayer session ? For eg. suppose adiyEn wants to meditate on > karma yoga concepts and subsequently those of bhakti yoga, can adiyEn > recite chap.3 and chap.12 without reciting the chapters in between ? I don't think there are any hard and fast rules here as long as you meditate on them with the appropriate meaning. As far as translations of the Gita go, the only readily available editions in English that I can recommend are Swami Adidevananda's with Sri Ramanuja's Gita-bhashya, published by the Ramakrishna Ashrama and available anywhere where their books are found, and Sri M.R. Sampatkumaran's translation of the same. dAsan, Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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