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Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation Paperback – August 27, 2002

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Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version of the Tao Te Ching is the most popular edition in print, and his translations of Jesus, Rilke, Genesis, and Job have won the hearts of readers and critics alike. Stephen Mitchell now brings to the Bhagavad Gita his gift for breathing new life into sacred texts.

The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition and has been treasured by American writers from Emerson and Thoreau to T. S. Eliot, who called it the greatest philosophical poem after the Divine Comedy. There have been more than two hundred English translations of the Gita, including many competent literal versions, but not one of them is a superlative literary text in its own right.

Now all that has changed. Stephen Mitchell's Bhagavad Gita sings with the clarity, the vigor, and the intensity of the original Sanskrit. It will, as William Arrowsmith said of Mitchell's translation of The Sonnets to Orpheus, "instantly make every other rendering obsolete."

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Harmony; Reprint edition (August 27, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0609810340
ISBN-13: 978-0609810347
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 177 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,252 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ken

But he has satisfied my need for knowledge of especially the chapters that ...

November 8, 2017

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Maharishi's translation and commentary is my standard for Gita translations, but he covered only the first six chapters, and I have thirsted for what he could have done for the remainder twelve chapters. I have searched and searched to find a translation and commentary for the rest of this scripture that approaches Maharishi's. For me, Mitchell comes closest. Mitchell's is not really a verse by verse translation. He translates only verses that convey what he considers to be the essential themes of each chapter. But he has satisfied my need for knowledge of especially the chapters that Maharishi never covered. Overall I have found Stephen Mitchell to be especially gifted at this sort of work. I grew up in the Church, but Mitchell's cover of the Gospel of Jesus clarified the essential message of Jesus for me, far more than the eons of hours I spent in Sunday School and church. Stephen Mitchel is very, very, brilliant regarding Spiritual texts.

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Vandeventer

Easy read, easy to finish.

September 5, 2018

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I picked this up after a review mentioned it was an easy read - and after trying other books where the gurus spend half if it getting you to understand why their guru is the best thing since Krishna, this book was a delight. I actually finished the dang story, and did so reading it out loud between my gal and I. Sure, it's not a book you'd pick up to study every verse and practice your sanskrit - all the same, the brief intro and story are enough to understand Krishna.

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Mitchell's Gita

December 8, 2013

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The Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It is written in the form of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide Lord Krishna. The book's underlying message is selfless service and emphasis on duty over individual concerns. While I was very happy to read this influential text I was a little disappointed at Mitchell's version. He has some notes at the back of the book that make for interesting reading but it ultimately betrays him as a scholar but not a man of faith. I was hoping for more of the mystical flavor of this book that has inspired so many believers and non-believers alike but Mitchell dismisses some of the ideas in the book and dampens the original flavor of the text. After reading it I was left scratching my head at the book that Aldous Huxley, Carl Jung and many other writers described as important and inspirational. For example, he describes the Gita as "repetitive" at times. While the scholarship is fairly good I would be interested in reviewing a translation by someone who is a little closer and more respectful to the spiritual message of the text. This is not a direct translation of the source text and Mitchell himself describes his knowledge of Sanskrit as "rudimentary." That doesn't inspire much confidence in the reader and I wonder how much of the original message is intact as opposed to Mitchell's personal interpretation.

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James G.

Translation keeps the poetry

January 2, 2016

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I cannot attest to it's accuracy, I am no scholar and this is my first reading of the Gita. I have seen in Mitchell's translation of tao te ching, that he does use quite a bit of freedom to achieve voice, rhythm and poetry over word for word accuracy. But sometime adjusting the text to capture the voice and mind behind the words makes for a better presentation of the original authors words in a new language. Mitchell does an especially great job at giving poetic timing and verse to the words, which is important for a work like Gita, as the original was written in a particular timing that obviously would be lost in the translation of words. That being said, the Gita; the dialogue between Krishna and Arjun stands on it's own as a tremendous epic full of great wisdom that is applicable to all of us. Mitchell's version is a beautiful, smooth, and poetic read!

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The best copy of the Bhagavad Gita I've seen thus far.

August 25, 2017

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The layout and separation of holy scripture from commentary is exactly the way all copies should be. I've seen and read about 4-5 different versions. This is the most sacred (in my view) and the most nicely edited one I've encountered.

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December 6, 2016

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I love Stephen Mitchell's Tao Te Ching, but this is not on the same level ... other translations of the Bhagavad Gita are more touching to me, however, it may be good for a beginner

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An old, yet timeless view of life.

October 1, 2017

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A clear, concise and wonderfully poetic rendering of the Gita, bringing Hindi religious, moral and ethical life to the reader, molding qualities of being to the consciousness of the contemporary mind.

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A must read book.

December 6, 2017

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This book helped me to recognize how much Christianity has in common with other wisdom traditions. I also bought the audio and play it regularly to try to follow its wisdom

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