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The Bhagavad-Gita is a most, if not the most, popular Hindu Scripture. It is regarded as one the three scriptures, the other two being the Upanishads and the Brahma-Sutras. There is no other scripture which has been so frequently commended upon, for it has been a perennial source of spiritual inspiration.All the great Acharyas or founders of new sects among the Hindus have written commentaries on the Gita. Śrīdhara Swami, whose commentary we are giving here in English, was born at Balodi in Gujarat, about six centuries ago, and chronologically he comes immediately after Vopadeva, the great grammarian. He was a disciple of Paramananda Puri and his chosen Deity was Nrisimha. Śrīdhara's present commentary on the Gita is called Subodhini. It is, as the name implies, very lucid, and at the same time brief. Sages have reiterated the Gita at different periods in our history, with the result that it has gone deep into the subconscious mind of the nation. The Hindus have therefore accepted different religions, systems of philosophy and spiritual cultures as being suited to different temperaments, and as supplementing one another. In keeping with this spirit is the message of Sri Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad Gita. To those whose ignorance is description of the Impersonal, we have an echo of the Upanisads. Though the Gita accepts this impersonal aspect of the Godhead, yet it is predominantly theistic in its teachings. So in the Gita the personal God is given more prominence than the impersonal. Personal does not mean merely having form, it means also the formless aspect with attributes, the Iśvara, as He is called in the Gita. The term personality refers to a self-conscious being capable of knowing, feeling, willing, loving and satisfying man's longing for a personal relationship. All human qualities are attributed to the divine personality, but they are free from all human limitations. Thus, He not only knows, but he is omniscient. These two-the impersonal and the personal, the absolute and the relative – are but two aspects of t
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