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 reli-
gion 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 recom-
mend an English edition of The Bhagavad Gita which
shé 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 accom-
panies 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.
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