As for the theophany in the eleventh chapter of the Gita, Arjuna has a vision of Krishna's awesome cosmic form and feels overwhelmed. |
Thus, there is no command either in Ramayana or in Gita to commit suttee. |
There is absolutely no reference about this Veda in the Chandogya Upanishad or in the Brahmana texts or in the Jatakas or in the Bhagavad Gita. |
It was Swami Chinmayananda who was among the first acharyas to popularise the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads throughout India and abroad through discourses. |
He wrote profuse commentaries on the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita. |
This was an attempt to give the basic message of Gita to those who find it difficult to understand the original in Sanskrit. |