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Re: Flaws in BG as it is?
In the article <4e8vvk$oon@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
of 25 Jan 1996 22:24:52 UTC,
Sankar Jayanarayanan <kartik@Eng.Auburn.EDU> wrote:
> I SEEM to discovered two "flaws" in the "Bhavad Gita -as it is"
> by Srila Prabhupada. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> FIRST "FLAW"-----
>> Chapter 7, 18th sloka.
>> udarah sarva evaite
>> jnani tv atmaiva me matam
>> asthitah sa hi yuktatma
>> mam evanuttamam gatim
>> [...]
>> TRANSLATION
>> All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls, but he who
>> is situated in knowledge of Me I consider to be just like My own
>> self. Being engaged in My transcendental service, he is sure to
>> attain Me, the highest and most perfect goal.
>
> Doesn't Krishna say "MY VERY SELF" instead of "JUST LIKE ME" ?
> "ATMA EVA" = "ONLY [MY] SELF". The entire meaning changes that
> way!
> In Swami Chidbhavananda's translation, it says-
>> (7.18)-
>> Udarah noble; sarve all; eva surely; ete these; jnani wise; tu
>> but;atma self; eva very; me my;matam opinion; asthitah is
>> established;sah he; hi verily; yuktatama steadfast minded;maam
>> me;eva verily;anuttamam the supreme; gatim goal;
>>
>> " Noble indeed are all these; but the wise man, I deem to be My
>> very Self. For steadfast in mind,he is established in Me alone
>> as the supreme goal."
>> [...]
Yes, there is agreement between Swami Chidbhavananda's translation
and the one by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, who translated 7.18 thus:
"Noble indeed are all these, but the sage, I hold, is verily
Myself, for, being perfectly harmonized, he resorts to Me alone as
the highest goal."
The translation by Dr. Ramanand Prasad is also in agreement with
Swami Chidbhavananda's and Dr. Radhakrishnan's translations:
"All these (seekers) are indeed noble, but I regard the wise as
My very Self, because the one who is steadfast becomes one with the
Supreme Being."
I have found that there are numerous differences between ISKCON's
"As It Is' version and the traditional versions of our Bhagavad
Geetaa.
Jai Maharaj <jai@eskimo.com> Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer
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