9-BOOK REVIEW: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GITA: (part 14)
V.R.NARLA (1988) [229P] NARLA INSTITUTE OF NEW THOUGHT
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GITA – A CLOSER LOOK AT HINDU SCRIPTURE: V.R.NARLA (INTRO BY)
INNAIAH NARISETTI (2010) [230P] ISBN:          ( in line) 161641832 WWW.PROMETHEUSBOOKS.COM [1]
 Chapter 19 – From a Tribal God to a National God
_In fact he was disliked, distrusted, denounced. It is on record in the Mahabharata that_
_once he spoke bitterly to Narada that “the only enjoyment allowed to me is to listen to_ _their harsh words and constant complaints. The incessant invective I am subjected by_ _those for whose welfare I am slaving rankles in my heart perpetually.”….[Page 175]_
Krishna was a mundane tribal leader otherwise why could he not save his own Yadava clan from fratricide? Historical records show nothing about Krishna other than a indirect reference to “Herakles” by Megasthenes, which Narla attributes to Krishna but there is
still no direct proof. Today thousands of books in dozens of languages abound on Krishna. Not a single one I have come across so far makes any sense other than baseless rehash of a myth. But the publishing continues and Krishna is today the embodiment of manhood, of godhood, a National Hero of India. It boggles the mind how the blind continue to lead the blind.
Chapter 20 – The Two Bhagavans
_The second Bhagavan saw peril to the caste system in this approach. And so, to sanctify_ _the system he took it upon himself full responsibility for its creation…….[Page 183]_
Bhagavan (god) Buddha who under the prevailing circumstances did his best to have equality and justice to all through his sanghas. Bhagavan (god) Krishna on the other hand created a first class con to usurp all logic and common decency from the laity and keep them in permanent servitude. _And whoever,_ _at the time of death, gives up his body and departs, thinking of Me alone,_ _he comes to My status (of being); of that there is no doubt (VIII_ _–_ _5)……[Page 189]_