bhashya
गीतातात्पर्यनिर्णय
Gita Tatparya Nirnaya (Madhva)
Gītātātparyanirṇaya
Madhva's work determining the 'purport' of the Gita, written in addition to his shorter Gita Bhashya, reading it as teaching devotion to Vishnu within Dvaita.
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- Tradition
- Dvaita Vedanta · Vedanta · Bhakti traditions
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Attribution
- MadhvacharyaMadhvacharya
- Period · language
- 13th century CE · Sanskrit
- Themes
- Devotion · Difference · Action · God
Why read this?
It shows how the Gita reads when difference between God and souls is taken as fundamental. Madhva engages earlier interpretations and supports his reading with a wide range of scriptural sources.
Questions it answers
- ?What is the Gita's central purport?
- ?How does Dvaita read the Gita's teaching on the Self?
Key teachings
Editorial overview
1
Supremacy of Vishnu
Krishna, as Vishnu, is the independent supreme being on whom all else depends.
2
Devotion grounded in knowledge
Devotion, informed by knowledge of God's greatness, is the means to liberation, together with God's grace.
3
Action as worship
Duties are to be performed without desire for results, as worship of God.
Structure
- Topical commentary on the Gita, chapter by chapter
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The text of the Gita Tatparya Nirnaya (Madhva) is not part of this version. What you see here is an editorial overview with passage references. No verses have been reproduced or invented. The architecture is ready for the text to be added.Concepts
Conceptभक्तिBhakti — devotionLoving devotion to God, as a path and as an end in itself.Conceptईश्वरIshvara — GodThe Lord — God as ruler, creator and object of worship.ConceptजीवJiva — the individual soulThe living, embodied individual who acts, experiences and transmigrates.Conceptनिष्काम कर्मNishkama karmaAction performed without selfish desire for its results.Conceptअनुग्रहAnugraha — graceDivine grace — God's freely given favour that frees the soul.Conceptकर्मKarmaAction — and the way actions shape future experience.
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Source type: Traditional commentary. Overview text on this page is editorial.