[Advaita-l] Book question

[jaldhar at braincells.com]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2020, Kartik Vashishta via Advaita-l wrote:

> I have found a book by this title:
> "Srimad Bhagavad-Gita: Text, Translation of the Text and of the Gloss of
> Sridhara Swami."
>
> I am not sure about the word "Gloss". Is this title indeed the book which
> has the commentary of blessed Sri Sridhar ji on the most beneficial Srimad
> Bhagvadgita?
>

Gloss is the usual English translation for tika.  The actual name of the 
commentary is Subodhini but it is popularly known as Shridhari tika.


On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l wrote:

> But here it only means his commentary to the Gita. We do not know of his
> teekaa to the Bhashya of Shankara on the Gita.
>

Yes it is an independent commentary on the Bhagavadgita.  But in the 
mangala shlokas he says:

bhAShyakAramataM samyaktadvyAkhyAtR^itirastathA |
yathAmati samAlokya gItAvyAkhyAM samArabhe ||

It is also interesting to note that although his personal inclination was 
towards Vishnu Bhagavan (his other works are his celebrated commentary on 
Bhagavata Purana and a commentary on Vishnu Purana) he salutes both Vishnu 
Bhagavan and Shiva Bhagavan.

This clearly shows the author was an Advaitin.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>