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Krishna’s

Song

ANewLookattheBhagavadGita

Steven J. Rosen

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rosen, Steven, 1955–

Krishna’s Song : a new look at the Bhagavad Gita / Steven J. Rosen.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–0–313–34553–1 (alk. paper)

1. Bhagavadgita–Criticism, interpretation, etc.

I. Title.

BL1138.66.R68

2007

294.5 624–dc22

2007027871

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

2007 by Steven J. Rosen

reproduced, by any process or technique, without the

express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007027871

ISBN: 978–0–313–34553–1

First published in 2007

Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

www.praeger.com

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).

10987654321

Cover Image: Taken from an illuminated manuscript of the seventeenth century, a rajput king is here

offering obeisance to Krishna. Though not a scene from the Bhagavad Gita, the king’s presence evokes

Krishna’s four-armed Vishnu manifestation, including the mood of awe and reverence found in the

Gita’s pages. Still, the presence of the cows and the gopis, or cowherd maidens, suggest the philosophical

conclusions of the Gaudiya Vaishnavas, which is indeed the emphasis of the current work and harkens

to the real inner meaning of the text.

To Sri Guru Parampara,

without whom the Bhagavad Gita would be lost forever

Krishna's Song - A New Look at the Bhagavad Gita by Steven J Rosen (2007).pdf