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The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most extensively translated texts in the world. Unfortunately this allows a lot of not-so-good and personal interpretations to p
by rramadass 5y ago
The Bhagavad Gita is one of the most extensively translated texts in the world. Unfortunately this allows a lot of not-so-good and personal interpretations to pollute an unbiased study of the text. I found the following two translations/interpretations pretty good to get at the fundamental ideas;
* The Bhagavad Gita (Oxford World's Classics) translated by W.J.Johnson - This is a very good and succinct translation in the spirit of the original text and should be the first one you read.
* The Bhagavad Gita (2 vols in 1) translated and interpreted by Franklin Edgerton - Contains one of the best interpretations of the Gita based on the underlying Hindu Worldviews. Edgerton was a giant in Sanskrit studies and his brilliance shows here.