--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_re...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:fairfieldl...@yahoogroups.com] > > On Behalf Of Peter > > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 8:35 AM > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fw: Maharishi's commentary on Chapter 7 of > > the Bhagavad-Gita > > > > > > > > Didn't Vernon Katz work/write the commentary along with MMY? > > > > Yes. They worked together on the whole thing (Gita translation and > > commentary). > > Maharishi's genius dictated the commentaries, Vernon did the english language > bit and edited the Sanskrit. Kjell Mortensen printed the first version of > which I have a few white versions, gilded and covered in silk ment for > Dignitaries, and said they had to dig very deep into the archives of his > family-printing-business to find that ageold typeface for the Sanskrit. > Bless him.
MMY never meant his edition to be the final word on the Gita, in fact, he specified that *24 commentaries* would be necessary to do justice to the book. His effort was merely to set a few things straight (CHII vs45). His translation is mostly *exoteric* and does not do justice to the allegory envisioned by Vyasa, if you really want to get the gist of the Bhagavad Gita read Swami Yogananda's where he fully unfolds the beauty of Vyasa's legacy! Quote: "The present commentary should be regarded as a general basis for these twenty-four commentaries. If time allows, these commentaries will be written." MMY Gita introduction
