 Although the writing was completed in the early years of his term, the book was only published in 1915, when he returned to Poona.He defended the ethical obligation to the active principle or action, as long the action was selfless and without personal interest or motive.In a speech on his, Gita Rahasya Tilak said "Various commentators have put as many interpretations on the book, and surely the writer or composer could not have written or composed the book for so many interpretations being put on it.