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and also universal. The above seems to be
the reasonable explanation of the fact that
the text of the Gita has gone beyond the
national boundaries and translated into a
number of foreign languages and accepted
as a part of the international intellectual
heritage.
The scene at home is very encouraging.
The Gita is the most commented upon and
the many times over translated text in the
Indian tradition. While there have been
commentaries on the Gita by scholars like
Shankaracharya in the olden times, there are
social thinkers like Lokamanya Tilak, Mahatma
Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Acharya Vinoba Bhave
in the modern period, who have commented
upon the Gita and offered interpretations
which have not much in common between
them. While Gandhi found the Gita a
testament of truth and non-violence, Tilak saw
it as a beacon light for guiding the spirit of