Bhagavad Gita Translations - PDF Downloads

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Dear Friends,

 

[Krishna and Arjuna] The Bhagavad Gita is a lifetime study, and it

is extremely beneficial to read at least one chapter a day. Its meanings

are virtually infinite, so that new things will be continually found

within its seven hundred verses. Equally important is the Gita's

ability to continually point us in the right direction spiritually.

Further, it conveys to us the necessary perspective for success in

spiritual life. Although it presents the clearest philosophical

principles, even more it provides us with the practical means for

cultivation of higher consciousness.

 

However, we who are English-speaking have a problem: we only have access

to the Gita in translations. And, translators being human, none have

produced a completely perfect English version. For this reason we are

planning to post several of the best English translations for your

study.

 

• Gita Translation by Swami Nirmalananda Giri – This text of

the Gita is arranged according to the meter of the original Sanskrit

text so it can be sung–as it is done every morning in our ashram and

in most of the ashrams of India.

 

• Click here to download Chapters 1-18 of the Bhagavad Gita, plus

the Maharshi Gita </pdfs/gita_full.pdf> (@2.1mb)

 

• Click here to view the Bhagavad Gita online.

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• Gita Translation by Swami Swarupananda – Swarupananda's

translation was printed in the early part of the twentieth century.

Although Swarupananda was active in its preparation, it is really the

work of Sister Nivedita (Margaret Noble) a disciple of Swami Vivekananda

who spent the rest of her life in India after meeting the great Swami.

Her work in India was mostly in education, but she also wrote some books

and articles and made this translation. Why it was not printed under her

name we are not sure. Perhaps it was because at that time the movement

for independence was gaining momentum in India and a translation of

India's supreme scripture by a citizen of the oppressing country

might not have been welcome. Also, the publication of any writings by a

woman was totally unknown at that time–and therefore liable to

disapproval.

 

• Click here to download Swami Swarupananda's translation of the

Bhagavad Gita. <pdfs/Gita-Swarupananda.pdf>

 

• Gita Translation by Swami Sivananda – Sivananda's

translation is very evidently based on the Swarupananda translation, as

in so many instances the wording is identical. (Actually, our version of

the Gita arranged for singing is also based on Swarupananda, since it

often has the same meter as the Sanskrit original.) Yet it has a value

of its own as it reflects the illumined consciousness of this great

twentieth-century Master.

 

• Click here to download Swami Sivananda's translation of the

Bhagavad Gita <pdfs/Gita-Sivananda.pdf> .

 

We hope that these will be of use.

 

Atma Jyoti Ashram

www.atmajyoti.org <http://www.atmajyoti.org/>

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