Bhagavad Gita?

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Krishna Candra Prabhu inquired:

 

> While studiying Bhagavad Gita I realized for the first time that there are

> some difference in the sanskrit text between Srila Prabhupadas Gita and

> all the other editions:

>

> "Bhagavad Gita as it is" has 46 verses in the first chapter and 35 verses

> in the 13.chapter while all the other editions have 47 verses in the first

> chapter and 34 in the 13. chapter.

>

>

> Does someone have an explanation? What is the reason for that?

 

We have a few different Gitas here in our library. I compared the following

10 different versions to Srila Prabhupada's with the following results:

 

ENGLISH

 

* Translation by HH BR Sridhar Dev Goswami: Same number of verses as SP's.

 

* Translation by HH Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaja: Same number of verses as

SP's.

 

* Translation published by The Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti with tikas by Srila

Visvanatha Cakravarti and H.H. BV Narayan Maharaja: Same number of verses as

SP's.

 

* Translation by Alwarnath Vanachari: Chpt 1 has 47 verses and Chpt 13 has

34. [# see below]

 

BENGALI/SANSKRIT

 

* Published by Sri Caitanya Gaudiya Math with tikas of Visvanath and

Bhaktivinode: Same number of verses as SP's.

 

* Published by Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti with tikas of Baladeva and

Bhaktivinode: Same number of verses as SP's.

 

* Published by Calcutta Gaudiya Mission with tika of the original Sridhar

Swami: Chpt 1 has the same number of verses and Chpt 13 has 34.

 

* Published by Sri Caitanya Saraswat Math: Same number of verses as SP's.

 

* Published by Nirmala Book Agency (Calcutta): Same number of verses as

SP's.

 

* Published by Gita Press: Chapter one has 47 verses. Chapter 13 has 34.

 

# The only differences we noted in these two chapters are in how the verses

are divided. In Chpt 1 what is text 26 in SP's Gita has become two verses

[text 26 and text 27] in the editions from Gita Press and Alwarnath Prabhu.

Similarly in Chpt 13 what is text one and two in SP's edition is only text

one in the editions from Alwarnath Prabhu and the Calcutta Gaudiya Mission.

While the Gita Press edition does not include what is 13.1 in Bhagavad-Gita

As It Is.