THE BHAGAVAD GITA AS IT IS
A New Translation with Commentary by  A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
With appreciations by  Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, and Thomas Merton
PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
The Bhagavad Gita As It Is  is a major new translation of, and commentary upon, The Bhagavad Gita. Prepared by one of the most distinguished teachers of Vedic religion and thought, it offers illuminating new perspectives on one of the world's great spiritual texts.
"There are many commentaries on The Bhagavad Gita, and the necessity for another should be explained on the following basis: An American lady asked me to recommend an English edition of The Bhagavad Gita which she could read. I was unable to do so in good conscience. Of course, there are many translations, but of those I have seen—not only in America, but also in India—none can be said to be authoritative, because in almost every one of them the author has expressed his personal opinion through the commentaries, without touching the spirit of The Bhagavad Gita as it is."
—from the Introduction by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
"This translation and the commentary which accompanies it has as its purpose the determination to direct the reader to Krishna, rather than away from Him. In this, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's work is unique among all the translations and commentaries available in this language. Unique also is the fact that The Bhagavad Gita is thus made wholly consistent and comprehensible. Krishna being the Speaker of The Gita, and It's ultimate goal as well, this is necessarily the only translation that can present this great scripture in its true terms."
—from the Preface by Rayarama Das Brahmachary
318 pages MACMILLAN hardcover edition: $6.95
COLLIER softcover edition: $2.95
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami  is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which now has centers in every major city in the United States, Canada, England and Germany.