Studies in the Epics and Puranas c13.s2.71

c13.s2.71

T. M. P. Mahadevan has tried to interpret the teaching of the Gītā consistently with the doctrine of non-violence in his "Is Gītā a Gospel of War?"²⁷⁹ The same author in his *Two-fold Path in the Gītā*²⁸⁰ gives an elucidation of the main theme of Śaṅkara's view-point that the Gītā teaches two separate paths to two separate kinds of persons and does not advocate the combination of Jñāna and Karma simultaneously in one and the same person. *Musings on the Bhagavadgītā*²⁸¹ by Nehal Chand Vaish gives an exposition of the Gītā according to the author's own experience in life; the reader is asked to appreciate the teaching of the Gītā according to his own experience in life. V. G. Bhat's *The Bhagavadgītā: A Study*²⁸² deals with the Gītā in its relation to Hindu philosophy and religion, its position within the Mbh, etc., and tries to prove that it is mainly a harmonious work. Swami Suddhananda draws attention to worklessness through work, doctrine of Karma Yoga, divine incarnation, resignation to divine will, etc., as "The Teachings of the Bhagavadgītā."²⁸³ Reference is made to the conception of God in the Bhg and the method of His true worship which is said to be self-surrendering in the "Commonsense Religion in the Bhagavadgītā."²⁸⁴