The name Samavritta Gita (समवृत्त गीता) refers to a specific, unique metrical rendition of the classic Hindu scripture, the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita.\r\n\r\nContext and Meaning\r\nGita (गीता): This refers to the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, the philosophical dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, which is the foundational text of Hindu philosophy.\r\n\r\nSamavritta (समवृत्त): In Sanskrit prosody (Chandaśāstra), Samavṛtta means \"equal meter\" or \"same pattern.\" A Samavṛtta verse is one where all four quarters (pāda) of the stanza are metrically identical in both the number and pattern of light and heavy syllables.\r\n\r\nSignificance of the Samavritta Gita\r\nThe term \'Samavritta Gita\' is generally used for an edition or translation of the Bhagavad Gita that adheres to a single, consistent metrical pattern throughout the entire text in its translated or adapted form.\r\n\r\nOriginal Gita\'s Meter: The original Sanskrit Bhagavad Gita predominantly uses the Anuṣṭubh metre (a type of Śloka or Vritta), which has four pādas of eight syllables each. However, it also features other, more elaborate and complex metres like Triṣṭubh in some key sections.\r\n\r\nThe Samavritta Rendition: A work titled Samavritta Gita (such as the one authored by Vindhyeshwari Prasad Mishra \'Vinay\') is notable because it presents the entire text\'s meaning in a newly composed Hindi verse translation (Bhāṣā-kāvya) where all verses follow a uniform Hindi meter.\r\n\r\nThe edition often includes the original Sanskrit text along with this unique Samavṛtta Hindi verse translation and a prose Hindi commentary.\r\n\r\nThe goal is usually to make the vast philosophical content of the Gita more accessible, enjoyable, and easily memorized through a consistent, rhythmic poetic structure.\r\n\r\nThe book is a scholarly and devotional effort to present the profound message of the Gita in a rhythmic, easy-to-digest poetic format.
