> Reading Gita just by using Dictionary, without understanding the significance
> and symbolism of the terminology used, is like trying to understand
> Newton's Principia of Mathematica using English Dictionary!
It would have been quite a pleasure to hear some one say, "yes, there is
a lot of garbage in Gita, but there is also a lot of good stuff in it."
What I am reading, instead, is an effort to give divine interpretations
to even the most outrageously offensive verses in it.
The interpretation that the reference to "women" is to some
pollution, the reference to vaisyas is to greed or materialism, the
reference to sudras is to some lethargy, yes, I read these in desperate
interpretations.
The more outrageous the original meanings, the more divine the modern day
interpretations!
Regards,
Sitaramayya Ari.