Guest guest Posted March 11, 1999 Report Share Posted March 11, 1999 > > > Bg 2.31 P ORIGINAL: > ..Discharging one's specific duty in any field of action in accordance with > varnasrama-dharma serves to elevate one to a higher status of life. > > Bg 2.31 P REVISED & ENLARGED: > ..Discharging one's specific duty in any field of action in accordance with > the orders of higher authorities serves to elevate one to a higher status of > life. That is a pretty dramatic change. I would be interesting in hearing the rationale behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 1999 Report Share Posted March 11, 1999 > > > I have no problem with Jayadvaita writing his own Bhagavad-gita. Why is this > not an agreeable alternative? He can include every change that he wants in his > own version - Bhagavad-gita As It Is According to Jayadvaita Swami. It could > be helpful to certain Scholars and others. It would be nice to be able to see an annotated version, wherein every change would be footnoted with the original text and the reason for the changes. Even if it wasn't feasible to publish this in hard copy right away, it wouldn't be that hard to put it out on CD. The other issue is style. Bhagavad Gita was originally in verse. A different part of the brain is used to assimilate verse than prose (except for hopelessly overthinking intellectuals who could analysis anything to death). Hayagriva's version may be less technically correct than Jayadvaita's, but it is certainly more poetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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