The Bhagavad Gita: Twenty-fifth Anniversary EditionChristopher Key Chapple For years, this edition of the Bhagavad Gita has allowed all those with a lively interest in this spiritual classic to come into direct contact with the richness and resonance of the original text. Winthrop Sargeant s interlinear edition provides a word-for-word English translation along with the devana?gari? characters and the transliterated Sanskrit. Detailed grammatical commentary and page-by-page vocabularies are included, and a complete translation of each section is printed at the bottom of each page, allowing readers to turn the pages and appreciate the work in Sargeant s translation as well. Discussions of the language and setting of the Gi?ta? are provided and, in this new edition, editor Christopher Key Chapple offers guidance on how to get the most out of this interlinear edition. Long a favorite of spiritual seekers and scholars, teachers and students, and lovers of world literature, Sargeant s edition endures as a great resource for twenty-first-century readers. |
Contents
TRANSLATORS PREFACE | 1 |
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ | 3 |
THE SETTING OF THE BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ | 9 |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE VOCABULARIES | 35 |
EPITHETS NICKNAMES USED IN THE BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ | 37 |
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Common terms and phrases
1st sg 2nd sg 3rd pl 3rd sg abandoned action aham nom Arjuna spoke asmi ātman attain austerity battle Bhagavad Gītā Bharata Bhima bhū Blessed Lord spoke Brahman BV cpd cause chariot desire devoted Dhṛtarāṣṭra divine Draupadi Drona Drupada dual Duryodhana epithet of Arjuna eternal evil fruit gerund gods guna guņas Hastinapura highest idam imperative act imperishable indic inst jñā jñānam kāma karma kāunteya Kaurava King knowledge Krishna Kunti māṁ mām acc material nature mayā mind Pāṇḍava Princes pārtha participle pass passive perfect act prakṛti Pṛthā rajas rajasic Rāmānuja rhythmic filler sacrifice Sahadeva Sanskrit sattva sattvic senses śrībhagavān stanza steadfast supreme tamas tamasic tathā thee thou shalt thought TP cpd tvam ucyate unmanifest uvāca 3rd sg Vedas Vedic viddhi warrior wisdom worship Yoga yogin Yudhisthira उवाच एव तु ते मां मे