The Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavadgita or 'Sacred Song' holds

an assured place among the world's great

scriptures. In fourteen hundred lines of verse

the relationship of man with God - and the

intense joy of divine love - are celebrated

in a language that is precise and beautiful.

The Gita is a tale of action taking the form of a

dialogue between Arjuna and Krishna on the eve

of a battle. Krishna teaches the fearful Arjuna the

need for action and the requirement that he - like

all mankind - take his place in the world in love

and faith. Only through the search for God and

the Absolute will the true self be discovered.

This edition of the Bhagavadgita offers

the Sanskrit text as well as Radhakrishnan's

English translation and a commentary that

has become a classic. His clear understanding

of the profound wisdom contained within the

Gita ensures an equally clear vision of its

powerful and eternal message one that

cannot fail to touch the minds and spiritsof all those who reach for it.