In this class (Class 16), we will try to discuss verses 2.17 to 2.26.
Study Questions:
1. Summarize, in your own words, Śaṅkara’s interpretation of Gita 2.26. Do you find his interpretation plausible? Why or why not?
2. Summarize, in your own words, Rāmānuja’s interpretation of Gita 2.26. Do you find his interpretation plausible? Why or why not?
3. Summarize, in your own words, Sri Aurobindo’s interpretation of Gita 2.26. Do you find his interpretation plausible? Why or why not?
4. Summarize, in your own words, Swami Tapasyananda’s interpretation of Gita 2.26 (on page 75, note 3). Do you find his interpretation plausible? Why or why not?
5. Which of these four interpretations—if any of them—do you find most plausible, and why? Do you have an alternative interpretation of Gita 2.26 that differs from all these other interpretations? If so, what is your own interpretation?
6. Do you have any questions about the reading? Did you have difficulty understanding anything? Do you have any doubts or confusions?