After the Ashwamedhayagna was solemnized, shree Krishna was all set to return home to Dwarika. At this point, Arjuna expresses his desire to listen to Shreemadbhagavad Gita once again and asks Shree krishna for a repeat recital of the same. Arjuna is obliged with another version, which is known as Anugita, the follow-up. Anugita may help deepen the understanding of the actual message Shree Krishna tried to impart to Arjuna when he first recited it and ultimately also help facilitate the settlement of the on-going debate on karma, bhakti and gnana yoga. Just as Shreemadbhagavatam is presently considered as Vedavyasa’s own bhasya on Brahmasutra, by virtue of its being the author’s last treatise, it wil not be suprising if Anugita would also subsequently come to be regarded as Shree Krishna’s own bhasya on Shreemadbhagavad Gita. If so, it will have rendered greater service than all the bhasya may have so far actually made.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagadish Sharma
Jagadish Sharma considers Information Communications Technology (ICT) as the second greatest technological achievement mankind has made after agnividya, the discovery of fire and believes it to be engineering the Age of Knowledge that bharatvarsha can rightfully claim as its legacy. Chief of the Royal Task Force on Information & Broadcasting in 1971, Sharma had helped formulate Communications for Development' as an established theme of national policy and is presently engaged in promoting ICT with personal initiatives in further consolidation of the much needed institutions of higher learning that can enable and equip professionals with cutting edge technological skills. Founder Member-Secretary of the Governing Council of the Pashupati Area Development Trust in 1987, Sharma was instrumental in its establishment with the vision of procuring the attention of all Hindus to focus on Shree Pashupatinath as a global point for rally. Professor first at Chico State University, Chico, California and Research Specialist with the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Sharma was awarded M. A. by the University of Hawaii in 1964 and Ph. D. in Political Science by the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. Elected as Chairman of the Family Planning Association of Nepal in 1970-71, Sharma has represented the Kingdom as a member of the official delegation to three successive plenary sessions of the United Nations General Assembly from 1976-78. A recipient of unusual honor as Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies, East-West Center for five continuous years from 1963 to 1968 following the Professional Award for being selected as one of the ten best students in the United States, Jagadish Sharma has been granted letters of commendation along with medals and decorations. Nepal: Struggle for Existence, one of his books, is considered seminal in the field of foreign policy. And, many of his publications have appeared in journals of national as well as international repute.
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