I am only repeating the stale words uttered by Saints ! How cna an insignificant man like me know this ?!! Tukarama Although in the beginning of this book, I have explained my reasons for publishing it, in spite of the fact that three are in existence many Sanskrit 'commentaries,or criticisms, or Prakrit translations, or exhaustive & universally accepted expositions of the Srimad Bhagavagita, yet, there is no better olace than an Introduction for explaining all such things as cannot be included in the discussion of the subject-matter of the book itself. The first of these things is about the author himself.It is now nearly forty-three years since I made my first acquaintance with the Bhagavadgita.