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Gita: Beware false interpretations || Acharya Prashant, with NIT-Calicut (2022)
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Shreemad Bhagavad Gita
Vedant
Upanishads
Mahavakyas
Adi Shankaracharya
Shri Krishna
Commentary
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Acharya Prashant explains that the maximum amount of adulteration in the Shreemad Bhagavad Gita occurs within the commentary sections, where various commentators push their own agendas. He advises seekers to avoid detailed commentaries and instead limit themselves to translations where each word is correctly and individually translated. He emphasizes that the Gita must always be in sync with the basic tenets of Vedantic philosophy and the Upanishads. If an interpretation contradicts the Vedantic philosophy or the Mahavakyas, it must be immediately rejected as false.