Introduction हे विद्वांसः सर्वमिदं रहस्याविदुषो मम । क्षमध्वं कृपया यस्मात् भवन्तः करुणापराः ॥ Acknowledgements Ivii doricinovT 50 oasi bas galiops 4 3014 30 40od st mjesto In 1977 Prof. K. Satchidananda Murti, othe former learned Vice-Chanceller of Sri Venkateswara University was gracious enough to assign the work of editing and translating the GS. He rightly cau- tioned me not to take the work lightly. I as pe ERILO DOS an advice given by a well-wishing teacher to his research student. Further he made use of his good AGIT offices to get me a copy of K which happens to be the basis of the present edition. Above all he, now the Hony. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Andhra University has been so kind as to adorn this edition with his scholarly Forword. For all his favour I am very much thankful to him. to 5801 16 115 1200 o Bolts marid oho ne Prof. Santappa and Prof. M.V. Rama Sarma, Prof. G.N. Reddy the next three Vice-Chancellors of the University sanctioned funds for publishing the English Translation as well as the Sanskrit text of well as the the GS. The present scholar Vice-Chancellor Prof. G.N. Reddy garu kindly enabled the publication to see the light of the day. I am immensely grateful to all these Vice-Chancellors who are scholars of repute. 160-331 1615 541 TEXT/OBS DOC Dr. Karan Singh, the former M.P. and the Philosopher - Maharaja of Kashmir was good enough to arrange to get me a photostat copy of K. Prof. R.N. Dandekar, Hon. Secretary of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona, sent me with nont hesitation the manuscripts Sand B for my study, of गी-8
