The Bhagavad-Gita: A New Translation-Quality Guarantee

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Afresh English translation laid out facing the original Sanskrit foreasy reference and accompanied by a wealth of essential ancillarymaterials that make this book a complete course on the Bhagavad-Gītā in a single volume.

Thistranslation stands out from the many others first of all in its carefulfaithfulness to the original language, but also for the extensive toolsfor understanding it provides. It is accompanied by detailed explanatorynotes, as well as by the entire Sanskrit text on facing pages–both inthe original Devanagri alphabet and in a romanized version that allowsthe reader to approximate the sounds of this work (a pronunciation guideis also provided). Also included is a literal, word-for-wordtranslation for comparison; extensive material on the background,symbolism, and influence of the Gītā; and an exhaustive glossary of terms.