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Devaki Putra Gitam: Ekam Shastram by Ravindra Rao (Haribakth) is an extensive philosophical and spiritual exploration of the Bhagavad Gita, its place among the shastras, its teachings, and the principles the author believes can be used to understand and interpret it. Built around the phrase “Ekam Shastram Devaki-putra-gitam” — the Gita of the son of Devaki, the book presents the author's central conviction that the Bhagavad Gita is the supreme scripture and that its teachings contain a comprehensive framework for spiritual and metaphysical understanding. Rather than limiting the discussion to traditional verse-by-verse commentary, the book takes a broad interdisciplinary approach. It examines the Gita through Indian philosophy, logic, mathematics, linguistics, physics, psychology, metaphysics and contemporary scientific concepts. The author explicitly describes these modern disciplines as tools for making the Gita more intelligible to the present generation. The first part establishes the foundations of the author's approach, exploring Padartha, Dravya, Guna, Pramana and the Gita's place among shastras. The second part moves into the Dharma of the Gita, the relationship between the Gita and Krishna, constants and variables, complete and infinite knowledge, energy, Atman and Paramatma, and the effects of Karma, Dharma and Gunas. The third part explores Samanya, knowledge, body language, commandments, cause and effect, sacrifice, spiritual absolutes, qualifiers, faith and imperceptibles. The fourth examines the Gita through Visesa, Upanishadic and shastric perspectives, Samavaya and generalisations. The fifth part takes the discussion further into cosmic constants, apparently contradictory shlokas, judicial reasoning, changing scientific perspectives, conflicts between science and the Gita, practical interpretive tools and hermeneutical principles. A particularly distinctive feature is the book's focus on how the Gita itself can provide tools for interpreting the Gita. The author proposes methods such as contextual reading, cross-referencing, progressive unfolding, analogous reasoning, analytic-synthetic analysis and the hermeneutic circle. The book also examines apparently difficult or contradictory passages, including questions surrounding action and renunciation, faith, liberation, the eternal soul, divine incarnation and other metaphysical claims. It proposes that such passages should be examined through context, interpretation and the author's stated hermeneutical framework. Beyond traditional religious study, Devaki Putra Gitam – Ekam Shastram attempts to create a bridge between ancient Indian philosophical thought and contemporary intellectual frameworks. Its appendices explore topics including Taratamya, consciousness, existence and non-existence, and external concepts introduced to support the author's theories. The result is a substantial work intended for readers who want to go beyond a basic introduction to the Bhagavad Gita and explore questions of scriptural authority, divine knowledge, consciousness, interpretation, logic, spirituality, science and the nature of reality. For devotees, philosophy students, spiritual seekers and serious readers of the Bhagavad Gita, this book offers a distinctive framework for examining Krishna's teachings through both traditional Indian concepts and modern intellectual lenses.