{"id":68183,"date":"2018-11-03T05:16:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T04:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=68183"},"modified":"2018-11-03T05:16:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T04:16:11","slug":"now-online-gita-changes-for-chapter-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=68183","title":{"rendered":"Now online: \u201cGita changes\u201d for chapter eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xsb5aJS.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">October 29, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Contact:&nbsp; BBT Marketing, Communication and Innovation Department; <a href=\"mailto:info@bbtbooks.org\" target=\"_blank\">info@bbtbooks.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The \u201cannotated scans\u201d for Chapter Eleven of <i>Bhagavad-gita As It Is <\/i>are now online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BBTedit.com\/changes\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.BBTedit.com\/changes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541304039523000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7fJLBDSZBNii0SkPAaXn2iGxPrQ\"><span class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-InternetLink\" style=\"color:navy\"><span lang=\"UZ-CYR\">www.BBTedit.com\/changes<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The scans for this chapter are the latest in a series that shows all the revisions done for the transliterations, word meanings, and purports of the second edition. Nearly every revision also has a note explaining why it was done, along with an image from the BBT\u2019s oldest manuscripts, allowing you to verify the history for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Jayadvaita Swami did his revisions for the second edition on a physical copy of the first edition. The scans show that copy. (Revisions to the translations aren\u2019t shown, because he edited them separately, not in the book itself.) Each chapter forms one downloadable pdf file. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The revisions to this chapter were extensive, so the scans for this chapter give you much to see.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">You\u2019ll see twenty Sanskrit quotations (and one in Bengali) and several lost passages in English now recovered<i>\u2014<\/i>on average, more than one quotation for every three pages. <\/p>\n<p> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">You\u2019ll see three spelling errors fixed in the Devan\u0101gar\u012b, the original Sanskrit text.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">You\u2019ll see various mishearings corrected. For example, in the purport to text 37, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is the \u201cshelter\u201d (<i>niv\u0101sa<\/i>) of the universe, not its \u201ccenter.\u201d In the purport to text 3, \u201cArjuna\u2019s asking the Lord\u2019s permission\u201d was a significant mishearing, now fixed.<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">You\u2019ll see many editorial and transcription errors fixed in the word-for-word meanings. For example, in text 1 the meaning for <i>vigata\u1e25 <\/i>is no longer \u201ceducated\u201d but \u201cremoved\u201d (that is, eradicated). <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span style=\"font-family:Symbol\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00b7<span style=\"font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">You\u2019ll see several places where the original editor misunderstood what the manuscript intended and the 1983 edition has recovered the correct sense.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-MsoListParagraph\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 72pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Apart from images for specific changes, the scans for this chapter include twelve complete sample pages from the original manuscripts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Whether you&#8217;re for \u201cthe changes,\u201d against them, or neutral, here\u2019s another opportunity to see what the changes actually are. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For devotees who have been critical of the second edition but are thoughtful and open-minded, the scans for this chapter provide ample food for thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">See for yourself in the annotated scans for Chapter Eleven, now online at <span class=\"m_4418288737390001574gmail-InternetLink\" style=\"color:navy\"><span lang=\"UZ-CYR\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BBTedit.com\/changes\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.BBTedit.com\/changes&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1541304039523000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG7fJLBDSZBNii0SkPAaXn2iGxPrQ\">BBTedit.com\/changes.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">The scans for the Preface, the Introduction, and the previous chapters are already online there too.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-7GcFFTiL-SA\/W90gvnCt5wI\/AAAAAAAAnfY\/UxUpRP2fQ9IzM-4vNK1t3lFynpYFFqP4wCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-11-03_05-14-27.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/>The scans for this chapter are the latest in a series that shows all the revisions done for the transliterations, word meanings, and purports of the second edition. Nearly every revision also has a note explaining why it was done, along with an image from the BBT\u2019s oldest manuscripts, allowing you to verify the history for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68186,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68183\/revisions\/68186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}