Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation
 

Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation

by Stephen Mitchell

On the list of the greatest spiritual books of all time, the Bhagavad Gita resides permanently in the top echelon. This poem of patently Indian genius sprouted an immense tree of devotional, artistic, and philosophical elaboration in the subcontinent. The scene is a battlefield with the prince Arjuna pitted against his own family, but no sooner does the poem begin than the action reverts... (read more)

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Yuri G
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Gorgeously translated. This might actually be better than the original, if not, I should definitely learn Sanskrit. Although repetitive at times, the poetic heights it reaches at some points more than makes up for the occasional dullness. It tapers off near the end, becoming much less poetic and I had to make myself finish it.

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