Translation Series - Gita Bhashya - Preface

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--- Vidyasankar <vsundaresan at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> giitaadhyaanam - Invocation to the Gita
>
>                          .. OM ..
>
>  paarthaaya pratibodhitaaM bhagavataa naaraayaNena svayaM
>  vyaasena grathitaaM puraaNamuninaa madhyemahaabhaaratam.h .
>  advaitaamR^itavarshhiNiiM bhagavatiimashhTaadashaadhyaayiniiM
>  amba tvaamanusandadhaami bhagavadgiite bhavedveshhiNiim.h ..
>
>  Taught to the son of Prithu (= Partha = Arjuna) by Lord Narayana
> himself,
>  Written down by Vyasa, the ancient sage, as part of the Mahabharata,
>  The Goddess, who showers the nectar of non-duality in eighteen
> chapters,
>  I study you, Mother, Bhagavad Gita, the enemy of transmigratory
> existence.
>

namaste Vidya:

1) pR^ithA is the pre-adoption name of kunti. Hence arjuNa is called
pArtha or son of pR^ithA. When you say "son of prithu" do you mean the
same? Is not pR^ithu  a masculine name?


2) Who is the author of this verse? Especially the term
"advaitaamR^itavarshhiNiim" seems to link to someone in our tradition.

Thank you for restarting this series.

Ravi


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ambaaL daasan

Ravi

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