The Bhagavad-Gita

A New Translation for Students

By: Allowah Lani

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

This new translation of the Bhagavad Gita is excellent for students, scholars, and all those who are seeking to engage with this remarkable scripture in a deeper way.

This is one of the finest English translations of the Bhagavad Gita due to its faithfulness to the precise meaning of terms and unbiased approach.

What is unique about this translation is its inclusion of the original Devanagari (Sanskrit script), Roman transliteration, various meanings given for each word, and precise English translation, presented side-by-side with the Sanskrit. The reader cannot help but learn Sanskrit in the process of reading it. No version to date has presented the text in quite this way.

Above all, despite its size, it presents the Gita in a very easy-to-read and accessible way, giving one page to each of its 700 verses.

The one thing this volume does not contain is an explanation of the meaning of each verse (so-called "purports," or "imports"), but it does have introductory notes and a glossary of terms. The upside of not having the purports is that the reader can better engage with the text without the filter of interpretation. While some would say that a translation is not an interpretation, and this is true, the reader is welcome to compare with any of the many other translations available on the market.

This version of the Gita has been lovingly prepared for you with the intention of remaining as true as possible to the original meaning of this immortal dialogue.

The author has 30 years of study of Sanskrit and Yoga, and did graduate work in Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania.
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