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My test case is to compare side by side translations of the 13th chapter which is usually very hard to understand in most editions

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I was in search of a translation that was as original as possible to the real text with any additional commentarywhich inevitably is colored by the authors viewpoints clearly demarcated

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For this work is not just a translation

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Even explanation seems terribly reductionist

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Aurobindo also takes particular pains to ensure that the messages in the gita are not understood as constructs in philosophy or a doctrine of conduct or an intellectual pursuit

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The gita and the quran both are texts which are in need of proper tranlsation and interpretation based on thier orthodox roots rather than the opinions of people from a time which is so far off from the original composition of these texts

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Aurobindo understood this and so gave the translation in its proper form and than pontificated on its meaning based on his understand which is seperated from the original text

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This is important to note as the gita is said to encapsulate the essence of vedanta and vedas which are texts that expanse a great magnitude in their literary form and no one individual can realistically claim to be the knower of their true quintessential meanings