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Notes wearing her trademark white - on a beautiful calming and ethereal white terrace, coloured only
with a pastel palette of flowers, she welcomes thinking and articulate men and women ranging

from political leaders, industrialists, sportsmen, fi lm stars, musicians, fi lm makers, royalty, etc.
Often a spouse or a family member is included, bringing a new human dimension. Entertaining,
inspiring, and thought provoking, Rendezvous, provides an insight, hitherto unknown, into
those fascinating men and women who have captured the public imagination.

Exercises
1. Watch a few episodes of Koffee with Karan and listen to the conversation carefully. Listen
to the questions and answers attentively. Jot down the main points of the show.
2. Rendezvous with Simi Garewal is an extremely popular show, known for its elegance
and sophistication. Watch a few episodes and listen to the conversation. Comment on the
technique of putting questions and the reply by the guests.

6.4 Commentaries

1. Sridhara Swami’s Commentary on Bhagavad-Gita (Converted into Text)

OM
I bow down to the omnipotent Supreme Lord Krishna, the embodiment of supreme bliss, who by
His own mouth expressed what had been taught with dexterity by Ananta Sesha’s innumerable
mouths.
Respectfully bowing down to Vishnu the preserver of the universe and Shiva who is in charge of
universal destruction and being guided by devotion to them, I am writing this commentary named
Subodini on Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.

After meticulously scrutinizing the opinions of Sankaracarya’s commentary on Srimad Bhagavad-

Gita and finding it not fully encompassing, as likewise also the opinions of his followers, I am
beginning this Subodini commentary on Srimad Bhagavad-Gita.
By reading with intelligence this commentary called Subodini the meaning of Srimad Bhagavad-
Gita will be illuminated and thus should always be meditated upon by the wise.
The extremely magnanimous Supreme Lord Krishna, whose feet are always worshipable by everyone;
manifested Himself as the son of Devaki and Vasudev in this world for the ultimate benefi t and
welfare of all humanity.

The Supreme Lord Krishna with the light of absolute knowledge and the torch of esoteric wisdom,
rescued Arjuna, whose discrimination being overpowered by grief and despondency as a result of
harboring false conceptions, had the incorrect inclination to renounce his own authorised duty
as a ksatriya and accept the unauthorised duties of a brahmana. This very subject taught by the
literary incarnation, lila avatara, Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa is revealed in the seven hundred verses
of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita. In these seven hundred verses Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa has written
down all the verses spoken by Lord Krishna in his monumental historical epic, Mahabharata; and
with great attention he has at certain places put a few of the verses in narrative form to properly
introduce the dialogue of Lord Krishna to Arjuna. Thus this commentary known as Subodini will
now commence.
Thus ends the introduction to the commentary of Srimad Bhagavad-Gita
(Source: www.bhagvad-gita.org)

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