A Study on the Concept of ‘Karma’ with a Reference of B.G. Tilak | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The idea of highlighting the concept of Karma Yoga in the Gita figures very prominently in Tilak's commentary Gita Rahasya. Vivekananda likewise emphasized Karma Yoga and often quoted from the Gita the well-known verse, kailebyam ma sma gamah Partha.... He thought that 'in this one shloka lies embedded the whole message of the Gita As Frank Rhodehamel and Sister Nivedita have recorded in their notes on his 'Gita class', Vivekananda up-held the Gita text as the New Testament for the Hindus. Lokamanya Tilak’s contribution to Oriental Studies through his Arctic Home of the Vedas and other works are well known. His title to undying fame is his monumental commentary on the BhagavadGita. He wrote the work in jail and rightly called it the Gita Rahasya. First it appeared in Marathi. It is now available to the English-knowing world in the translation of Sukthankar.