It would be better if, instead of looking at Krishna through the screen of our concepts and categories in order to reconcile him with our conditioned minds, we look at him directly and as a whole. Now Shankara and Tilak are polar opposites. From the same GEETA, Tilak chooses karmayoga, the discipline of action, and he brings all his arguments to prove that action IS GEETA’S central message. Shankara establishes that sannyas and inaction form the cornerstones of the GEETA. So every commentator chooses from them according to what appeals to him. There are many sides to a single thing, and Krishna is a man of infinite dimensions. Every interpretation of Krishna is incomplete and partial. It is not possible, unless someone like Krishna himself comments on him. Not one commentary on Krishna is complete.
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