Gita Makaranadam by Swami Vidya Prakashananda

1. Karma Yoga Course (Path of Selfless Action)
2. Bhakti Yoga Course (Path of Devotion)
3. Jnana Yoga Course (Path of Knowledge)
4. Dhyana Yoga Course (Path of Meditation)
5. Master in Bhagavad Gita, Science and Yoga Philosophy

1. Hindi
2. International Sanskrit Transliteration Alphabet or AITS (Devanagari)
3. Translation of the verse into English
4. Translation of the verse into Spanish
5. Also included is Gandhi's version of this verse

Example of a verse of the Gita Makaranadam:

Example of a commentary by Swami Vivekananda on a verse from the Gita Makaranadam:

Furthermore, Mr. Babu Amaraneni has added relevant reflections of Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and Swami Sarvapriyananda to several of the verses of this version.

Example from a comment by Swami Vivekananda of a verse of the Gita Makaranadam:

In addition, the Gita Makaranadam of Swami Vidya Prakashananda contains for almost all the verses of all the chapters several FAQs (questions and answers) that will undoubtedly help the searcher to understand the key points of each verse.

Example of FAQs about a verse from the Gita Makaranadam:

References of Swamis: Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Ramanuja, Vasishta, Swami Karmananda, Swami Turiyananda, Swami Brahmananda, Tulasi Ramayan, Patanjali, Vasishta, Swami Sarvapriyananda, Sharat Chandra Chakravarty, Sanatkumara, Anan-dagiri, Sankarananda, Sridhara, Sri Sankaracharya, Adi Shankara, Valmiki.

References to Hindu texts: Vedas, Rig Veda, Mahabharata, Katha Upanishad, Mundaka Upanishad, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, esavasya Upanishad, Aranya Parva, Udyoga Parva, Bhishma Parva, Vivekachudamani (Adi Shankara), Yoga Vasista (Valmiki), Srimad Bhagavatam, Chandogya, Purva-Mimamsa, Puranas, Rajasuya Yaga, Maha-Nirvana-Tantra, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Markandeya Purana.

Example of reference to the Katha Upanishad on a verse from the Gita Makaranadam:

• 1- Yoga of the Despondency of Arjuna
• 2- Sankhya Yoga
• 3- Yoga of Action
• 4- Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
• 5- Yoga of Renunciation of Action
• 6- Yoga of Meditation
• 7- Yoga of Knowledge and Realization of Brahman
• 8- Yoga of the Imperishable Parabrahman
• 9- Yoga of Royal and Discriminatory Knowledge
• 10- Yoga of Divine Manifestations
• 11- Yoga of the Universal Form of the Lord
• 12- Yoga of Devotion
• 13- Yoga of the Distinction between the Field and the Knower of the Field
• 14- Yoga of the Differentiation of the Three Gunas
• 15- Yoga of the Supreme Being
• 16- Yoga of Divine and Demoniacal Inheritance
• 17- Yoga of the Threefold Faith
• 18- Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation

To get an idea of ​​the magnitude of this version, we present below a comparison between the number of pages of each chapter (in PDF format) of Gandhi's version (Sivananda's is similar in number of pages), the English of the Gita Makaranadam and our Spanish translation for training related to Karma Yoga (the number of pages is indicated in the columns)

Comparison of the number of pages:

Except for some chapters such as II-Sankhya Yoga or XVIII-Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, in general the length in number of pages of the Gita Makaranadam is double or triple that of Gandhi's version. Due to the particularities of Spanish, the length is slightly longer than the English version.

As an example, if we compare Chapter 3 – Karma Yoga between the two versions, the difference in length can be observed (on DIN-A4 pages):

1. Gandhi version: 30 pages
2. Swami Vidya Prakashananda Version (English): 78
3. Swami Vidya Prakashananda version (Spanish): 90

The shloka III-3 of both versions is compared below:

Version: Bhagavad Gita according to Gandhi versus the Gita Makaranadam:

Version: Bhagavad Gita according to Gandhi