Bhagavadgita As It Was

Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. The Yoga of Despondency of Arjuna. 2. Yoga by the Sankhya. 3. The Yoga of Action. 4. The Yoga of Wisdom. 5. The Yoga of renunciation of action. 6. The Yoga of Self-Subdual. 7. The Yoga of the distinction between the field and the knower of the field. 8. The Yoga of separation from the three qualities. 9. The Yoga of attaining the Supreme Soul. 10. The Yoga of the division between the divine and the devilish. 11. The Yoga of the division of threefold faith. 12. The Yoga of liberation by renunciation. Index of the verses of the Bhagavadgita.

"The Bhagavadgita is a rare literary classic whose ideas and philosophy have continued to inspire great thinkers, leaders and the common man for over three millennia. It epitomizes the revolutionary teachings of Krishna, the greatest teacher of Hinduism and the harbinger of a new era.

The original Bhagavadgita consisted of twelve chapters, which in the course of a millennium rose to eighteen. Thus a considerable part of the present Bhagavadgita consists of additions and interpolations.

In this book, for the very first time, the renowned Indologist and eminent Sanskrit scholar Dr. P.L. Bhargava brings to us the Bhagavadgita as it was in its original form. After a painstaking and critical study of the present form of the Bhagavadgita, Dr. Bhargava presents clear evidence of the inconsistencies between the added and interpolated parts and the part which must have been the original Bhagavadgita.

Invaluable for scholars and laymen alike Bhagavadgita As It Was is a tribute to the great hero Krishna whose teachings are brought in an undiluted form in this book." (jacket)