Bhagavad Gita: Translation and Commentary YOriginal Skt. Text & Roman Transliteration A Lucid Eng.

The Bhagavad Gita which is a dramatic poem forming part of the epic, the Mahabharata, is the dialogue through which Arjuna’s doubts are resolved by Krsna’s teaching about the nature and place of action in the ultimate reality of things. The present translation is supplemented by a commentary, both seek to emphasize how the teaching is rooted in the concrete situation, and how its order and its structure reflect the changing condition of the conversants and the purpose of the conversation. Footnotes and notes are included to clarify the Sanskrit, to indicate alternative translations, and to note relevant comments from other commentators and translators.