Manu’s Shadow on Gita’s Path

By Murthy, BS

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Title:	Manu’s Shadow on Gita’s Path
Author:	Murthy, BS
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Religion, Bhagvad-Gita, Bhagavad-Gita, Gita, Manu Smriti, Laws of Manu, Manu's Laws, Hinduism, Hindu philosophy, Indian philosophy, Asian philosophy, Scriptures, Hindu scriptures, Indic studies, Indology, Religion and spirituality, Hindu epics, Social studies
Collections:	Authors Community, Hinduism Today
Historic Publication Date:	2022
Publisher:	Self Imprint

Member Page:	BS Murthy
Citation APA MLA Chicago Murthy, B. B. (2022). Manu’s Shadow on Gita’s Path. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
In the ‘in vogue’ Bhagvad-Gita’s philosophical discourse could be found some ritualistic postulations in chapter 3, titled karma yoga, which, are nothing but innovations of Manu’s stipulations in that regard. Likewise, Gita’s Cycle of Creation, in chapter 8, akshara parabrahma yoga, follows Manu’s course.

Summary
When I thought I am done with the study of interpolations in the Gita after my critique, Inane Interpolations in Bhagvad-Gita (An Invocation for their Revocation) I was tempted to turn my attention to the seldom read but much maligned Manu Smriti*. While I found that that testament is Incongruent and its motivated castigation is nothing but flogging a dead horse riding a blind donkey (an eponymous essay is due on this aspect), nevertheless, I could discern Manu’s shadow on the Gita’s path that is sought to be placed here for a public view.

Excerpt
It is worth noting that at the end of each of its eighteen chapters, it is asserted in the Gita that it is the quintessence of the Upanishads and the Brahmasutrās, and as argued in my critique supra, one-hundred and ten verses in it are latter-day interpolations bereft of the Upanishadic and Brahmasutric connotations. What is more, while some of those smear its inclusive philosophy with sectarian postulations, which echo Manusmritic caste discriminations that are inimical towards some sections of Hindus to their chagrin, the others are ceremonial exhortations that are irrelevant to the subject matter of Gita’s philosophical discourse and thus are seemingly out of place.