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‘Gita Vijay Vaijayanti’ released

BERHAMPUR: The second volume of ‘Gita Vijay Vaijayanti’ the voluminous treatise on Bhagavad Gita by Pundit Antarjyami Pati Sharma was released at a special function held in the senate hall of the Berhampur University on Wednesday.

The State Chief Secretary, Ajit Kumar Tripathy, inaugurated this large publication of the university in two parts. This function was organised by the Oriya Department of the university. The largesse of ‘Gita Vijay Vaijayanti’ can be assessed from the fact that the volume released on Wednesday is related to the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. Another large volume related to its first chapter had been published by the Berhampur university way back in 1985. The writings related to other sixteen chapters of this treatise on the Gita are equally voluminous.

Due to efforts of the Vice-Chancellor of the Berhampur University, Bijay Kumar Sahu, the second book related to its second chapter could get published. Mr. Sahu said he wanted the university to play its due role to bring out this great creation by a man from south Orissa. The university has decided to publish other volumes of this treatise in phased manner so that it could become part of the Orissa’s literary history.

The head of Oriya Department, Bauribandhu Kar, described this unique treatise and its author who was a school teacher. Sharma had spent his life to compile this special treatise, which included amalgamation of all interpretations slokas of the Gita by different scholars. Analysing each interpretation this sanskrit scholar had tried of the come up to an conclusive interpretation of every sloka, making this treatise on the Gita voluminous. He had also served as the private secretary of the Digaphandi king before independence. Later he took up teaching at a school in Chatrapur. Before his death in 1984 he had handed over the immensely large manuscript of ‘Gita Vijay Vaijayanti’ to the Berhampur varsity.

Mr. Tripathy said it was really hard for a person to go through all interpretations of the Gita but ‘Gita Vijay Vaijayanti’ was an effort to make that possible. The Post Graduate Council chairman, R.C. Panigrahy and literary dignitaries of south Orissa attended.

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