A Bhagavad Gita that weighs 15 kilos

February 25, 2016: During the last week in Kolkata, apart from family weddings, I was busy catching up on office work that I could not attend to due to my absence in Kolkata for quite a while.

On Wednesday I went to a Baithak at a Louden Street residence and then went to the Raj Bhavan and presented to the Governor of West Bengal, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, a unique copy of the Bhagvad Gita weighing 15 kilos, at an event organised by the Jain Sanskriti Sansad.

Mr T C Daga, President of Jain Sanskriti Sansad and Mr Nawratanmal Bothra, convener of Jain Sanskriti Sansad were also present on the occasion.

The book is a masterpiece that has been crafted with the world’s most precious eco-friendly materials and printed on the finest paper sourced from sustainable European forests. The entire edition is printed with environment-friendly vegetables inks made of natural ingredients from Japan.

This marvelous edition, with more than 150 art works, has the translation of the original shlokas (verses) in English and Hindi and wherever required there are the interpretations of the three main schools of Sanathana Dharma-Advaita, Visishtadvaita and Dvaita in a lucid and profound manner.

This doctrine of universal truth is presented as a collector’s edition to be treasured for generations. This edition comes in the most exclusive antique book styled box with artistic foiling and embossing adorned with Swarovski crystals and attractive metal lock along with a wooden reading stand that can be folded and rotated to suit one’s reading comfort and a wooden book marker designed in a beautiful peacock feather with a tassel.

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