A Study of the Bhagavadgita :10-8. Swami Krishnananda.
============================================================== ============================================================== Wednesday, April 06, 2022. 20:30. Chapter 10: The Hidden Meaning of the Seventh Chapter of the Gita-8. =============================================================== This is one interpretation of the word ‘artha' according to certain commentators of the Gita. Artha is material, an object, prosperity which is visible, tangible, connected with this world, this earth. But certain other commentators say it is not necessary for us to confine the meaning of this word artha only to material prosperity. There may be some other meaning also, inasmuch as there seems to be a gradation of ascent in the order of renunciation of the devotees, finally consummating in jnani, or the highest devotee. If the jijnasu, or the disciple of knowledge, is to be considered superior to the one who asks only for freedom from distress, and you are actually being taken to the highest l...