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Bhagavad Gītā: A

Garland of Pearls of

Wisdom

Bhagavad Gītā occupies a unique position among the Ancient
Indian Knowledge Systems not merely because it was an
incarnation of Lord Vishnu that imparted the teachings. To
appreciate the critical role Gītā plays, we need to be aware of a
certain accreditation mechanism put in place to accept multiple
schools of thought. When a new school of thought is sought to
be proposed, as in the case of Advaita Vedanta by Śankarācārya
or the ‘Visiśtādwaita’, by Ramanujācārya, it needed to pass the
test of not contradicting the three important works known as
the three prasthānas. These are: Brahmasūtra, Daśopaniṣad –
ten Upaniṣads and Bhagavad Gītā. Each of these great acāryas
wrote detailed bhāṣyas on these three texts to establish their
tenets.

These three texts are meant to generate high thinking in
everybody’s mind and provide the required inspiration to self-
evolve. The primary purpose is to convey the message of how to
manage one’s life. The key questions answered include, “What is

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