English translations

[chandu_69]

I would recommend translation by Ramanand prasad
link: http://eawc.evansville.edu/anthology/gita.htm

Also the four translations at http://www.gita-society.com/hare_krishna.htm

Ramanand prasad along with PROFESSOR S. RADHAKRISHNAN's translation(given in second link) are adequate, atleast in the initial study.

[DavidC]

Did not Swami Paramhamsa Yogananda do a translation? Which translations do you think are most accurate and esoteric, and do any pull it off without excess commentary?

[Ekanta]

Gita Supersite
http://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/
or:
Gita Supersite 2.0 (Beta)
http://202.3.77.102/acquia/?q=node/69

My personal favorite is Sivanandas version. It has very nice commentary so you can understand how the words are used in context and tradition. You wont find Sivanandas complete commentary in other places (its just small parts of it).

[Skull]

For just the root text, with no comments, I always have liked Swami Paramananda's Srimad Bhagavad Gita; published by Vedanta Centre, Cohasset, Mass.

[Riverwolf]

Did not Swami Paramhamsa Yogananda do a translation? Which translations do you think are most accurate and esoteric, and do any pull it off without excess commentary?

Well, Paramahamsa Yogananda didn't succeed without excess commentary; the commentary on the first verse is 50 pages long! (The entire translation is two volumes long.)

My personal favorite thus far is the one by Swami Tapasyananda. The only commentaries in it are brief introductions before each chapter, and some footnotes afterwards; there's no mid-chapter commentaries, which I like.

[Skull]

SRF now has a one volume Gita, with excerpts from the two-volume work. I do not know if every verse is commented on or not. It does have Yogananda's entire translation, without commentary also.

http://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/c...Gita-p202.html

[Ekanta]

Anyone see something odd with this translation?

"That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity."

(from: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 15.6)

[atanu]

Anyone see something odd with this translation?

"That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity."

(from: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 15.6)

Is it?

[Braja Bhushan das]

It is interesting that noone here has mentioned Srimad Bhagavad Gita with the Gloss of Sridhara Swami, translated by Swami Vireswarananda.

It is a Bhagavad Gita with high quality English translation, accompanied by a commentary by Sridhara Swami, the famous medieval saint who comments word by word every verse with a lot of devotion despite formally belonging to Sankara school. It is a new way to see how our acaryas commented the scriptures, especially if you are used to lengthy commentaries by modern day gurus. Sridhara Swami´s authenticity has been corroborated by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Himself so this commentary is certainly of great use to Gaudiya Vaishnava sadhakas.

This Bhagavad Gita has had a great impact on me, because it comments the verses word by word, often giving its synonyms so that the reader understands perfectly what Krishna wants to convey. I learned a lot from Prabhupada´s Gita, but there were still many places which I simply did not comprehend or was quite unsure about. Sridhara Swami´s commentary clarified many things or misconceptions which I had, and prepared me for studying other works of GV acaryas, where it is customary to offer commentaries following the word-for-word style. Also, the translation is excellent and it has helped me a lot in the process of learning sanskrit.

You can get it here: http://www.exoticindia.es/book/details/IDG598/ or if you want the second edition, which includes also the original sanskrit commentary, see http://www.exoticindia.es/book/details/IDK748/.

[Visvamitra]

I liked The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi. I can't compare translations accuracy however.