Bhagvad Gita Rahasya or Karmayoga Shastra VOL 02

SR No.: 011090
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bhalchandra S Sukhtankar
Publisher: R B Tilak Puna
Publication Year: 1936
Total Pages: 767
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 74 MB

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CHAPTER XIV.
THE CONTINUITY OF THE CHAPTERS OF THE GITA
(GITADHYAYA-SAMGATI)
"pravril lakṣaṇam dharmam rsir närüyano bravit Mahabharata, Santi. 217. 2.*
It will have been noticed from the Exposition made by, me 30 far that the Bhagavadgitä, that is to say, the Upanisad sung by the Blessed Lord, has promulgated the following doctrine, namely, that (i) acquiring complete Equability of Reason by Realising the universal identity of the Atman in all created things, whether by the Contemplation the Absolute Self or by Devotion, while being engaged in Action, and (ii) continuing to perform all the various duties which have befallen one in worldly life according to the injunctions of the Sastras, even after the acquisition of that Equability of Reason, without thinking of taking up Asceticism (sanyāsa), is the highest goal (puruşürtha) or the best path of living one's life for man in this world. Nevertheless, as the order in which this Exposition has been made in this book, is different from the order adopted in the Gita, it is necessary to consider succinctly in what way the whole of this subjectmatter has been arranged in the Gita. Any subject-matter can be dealt with in two ways; the one is the scientific method, and the other is is according to the Puranas. Out of these, the method of explaining how the fundamental principles of the doctrine to be established can be derived from things which everybody easily understands by logically arranging and putting forward all the pros and cons of the doctrine under discussion, is known as the scientific
The Rsi Nārāyaṇa has preached an Energistic (pravrttilaksanam) doctrine (dharma)". This Rsi is one of the two sis Nara and Nārāyaṇa; and it has been mentioned before that Arjuna and Sri Krsna were their respective incarnations. I have quoted in the foregoing pages the statement in the Mahabharata that the Nārāyaṇiya doctrine has been advocated in the Gitä.