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Three Translations of the Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
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Three Translations of the Bhagavad Gita (Paperback)
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This omnibus edition contains three translations of the Bhagavad
Gita These three translation taken together yield a greater
understanding of this mystic text. Included are translations by
Swami Swarupananda, Mohandas K. Gandhi, and Sir Edwin Arnold. This
famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the
Mahabharata, in the sixth-or "Bhishma"-Parva of the great Hindu
epic. It enjoys immense popularity and authority in India, where it
is reckoned as one of the "Five Jewels," -pancharatnani- of
Devanagiri literature. In plain but noble language it unfolds a
philosophical system which remains to this day the prevailing
Brahmanic belief, blending as it does the doctrines of Kapila,
Patanjali, and the Vedas. Wilder Publications is a green publisher.
All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps
us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the
environment. My first acquaintance with the Gita began in 1888-89
with the verse translation by Sir Edwin Arnold known as the Song
Celestial. On reading it, I felt a keen desire to read a Gujarati
translation. And I read as many translations as I could lay hold
of. But all such reading can give me no passport for presenting my
own translation. Then again my knowledge of Sanskrit is limited, my
knowledge of Gujarati too is in no way scholarly. How could I then
dare present the public with my translation? It has been my
endeavor, as also that of some companions, to reduce to practice
the teaching of the Gita as I have understood it. The Gita has
become for us a spiritual reference book. I am aware that we ever
fail to act in perfect accord with the teaching. The failure is not
due to want of effort, but is in spite of it. Even though the
failures we seem to see rays of hope. The accompanying rendering
contains the meaning of the Gita message which this little band is
trying to enforce in its daily conduct.-Mahatma Gandhi. Wilder
Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to
order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while
greatly reducing our impact on the environment.
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