My understanding of ghantasala's version of the gita was that he was advanced in sickness by the time he had begun recording the work and had to selectively pick out the verses in such a way that the audience would get the main idea of each chapter. THerefore, one will notice that the verses are reflective of the theme of each chapter. I think it is safe to speculate that had his health been fine, the singer would have attempted to make at least an honest effort at recording all of the verses. I think that by this time, he was also making way for younger singers to come in and perhaps he would have tried to develop his artistic interests by singing more gita and other masterpieces. What does everyone else think? Sridhar