In this book, the renouned kannada author and poet DV Gundappa writes a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita not as a Moksha Shastra but as a manual for leading a healthy life. Hence he calls it Jeevana Dharma Yoga. This is intended to be a commentary on the Gita by a common man for a common man.
Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, popularly known as DVG, was a Kannada writer and philosopher. He is best known for Manku Thimmana Kagga, a collection of verses.
D.V.G has wrtitten several books relating to Poetry, Drama, Essays. He has translated several Shakespeare plays and other Greek plays to Kannada. He has also wrtitten Umarana osage, a translation of poems of Omar Khayyam in Kannada.
He received Kendra Sahitya Academy award. for his work ' Srimad BhagavadGeeta Tatparya' He was also awarded Padmabhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India in 1974.