This document summarizes a passage from the Bhagavatam about how great personalities who explain the path of self-realization and Godhead can only be satisfied by their own service activities which are distributed to benefit humanity out of their unlimited mercy. It then thanks various individuals who contributed to the creation of the "Gita Subodhini" by providing study guides, talks, and encouragement which helped the author understand the Gita and compose their concise representation of it.
This document summarizes a passage from the Bhagavatam about how great personalities who explain the path of self-realization and Godhead can only be satisfied by their own service activities which are distributed to benefit humanity out of their unlimited mercy. It then thanks various individuals who contributed to the creation of the "Gita Subodhini" by providing study guides, talks, and encouragement which helped the author understand the Gita and compose their concise representation of it.
This document summarizes a passage from the Bhagavatam about how great personalities who explain the path of self-realization and Godhead can only be satisfied by their own service activities which are distributed to benefit humanity out of their unlimited mercy. It then thanks various individuals who contributed to the creation of the "Gita Subodhini" by providing study guides, talks, and encouragement which helped the author understand the Gita and compose their concise representation of it.
what is the pourbpose of ream loii fjkladsf jasdlkfdas jadslfjdjf dsafdsalflkdsaj fds j fa fa;d“How can such persons, who have rendered unlimited service by explaining the path of self-realization in relation to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and whose explanations are given forour enlightenment with complete conviction and Vedic evidence, be repaid except by folded palmscontaining water for their satisfaction? Such great personalities can be satisfied only by their ownactivities, which are distributed amongst human society out of their unlimited mercy.”[Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.22.47] Mahāraja for presenting them in English.Gīta Subodhinī is nothing but aconcise representation of theBhagavad-gīta based on the explanations ofthese greatācāryas .I express my earnest gratitude to my belovedguru His Holiness RadhanathSwami Maharaja for enlightening me on the ideal mood of scriptural studyand encouraging me with his kind blessings. I am forever indebted toGauranga Prabhu, my guide and source of inspiration in all my humbleendeavors. It is his ardent desire to see the scriptures being studiedsystematically by the devotees, and it is my great fortune to get anopportunity to be of some assistance to him in this effort.I thank His Grace Bhūrijana Prabhu for his wonderful overview of theGīta – ‘Surrender unto Me,’ published by the VIHE. I am deeply grateful to ourdear teacher Gauranga Priya Prabhu, who provided a comprehensive studyguide for theGīta , with an amazing analysis of Śrīla Prabhupāda’spurports. I thank Chaitanya Charan Prabhu for his insightful talks on theGīta that inspired me. All the above sources greatly contributed to myunderstanding of the flow of theGīta and thus in the making ofGītāSubodhinī .My heartfelt thanks to Revati Vallabh Prabhu for his encouragement in mywriting efforts and going through the manuscript, editing and giving hisvaluable suggestions. I am grateful to Sakha Gadadhar Prabhu for drawingthe Kṛṣṇa-Arjuna images in this book. I am very thankful to Sakha SubalPrabhu, Vikas Prabhu and Hemarupa Chaitanya Prabhu for their kindassistance in theappendix andthematic compilations .