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This little book is
an attempt like what the father in the old story did with his sons,
who were told to dig for treasure in the family garden. The gold was
indeed found; not as coined treasure hidden away in a pot but as the
reward of toil, a plentiful crop, which the garden yielded, for the
digging. There is nothing in what the writer has himself written,
but if the readers are induced to dig, the Gita, our precious
patrimony, will yield a rich harvest for the striving soul.
Many suggestions were
made after the issue of the first edition, to make subsequent issues
more useful, for example that parallel quotations and Upanishad
sources may be given, and that a bibliography may be added. All
these may be very useful, but I have not accepted these suggestions,
as I intend that this book should continue to be a beginner's
handbook, and I do not wish to aim at making it anything like a book
for scholars. |
