The Holy Geeta

Swamiji's narration of The Holy Gita is excellent, exhaustive, and to the point. There is the slokas in Sanskrit and English (for those who can't read Devanagari script), then the meaning of sloka in English, followed by Swamiji's commentary also in English. Now I am reading chapter 17 and these are my views about the book. 1. The Holy Gita (for me) is much more than a mere religious book. It is a textbook of human psychology. It teaches you the working of the human mind and steps you can take to bring it under your control. 2. Reading & understanding The Holy Gita will give you the strength to come to terms with the problems you face in your life - which is what makes it holy. 3. Swamiji's commentary after each sloka is exhaustive and worth reading 4. I have this book in both hard bound and Kindle edition. I found the Kindle edition of the book having some errors. And atleast in one or two places missed portions of text when I cross referenced with hard bound book. But the Kindle version is more convinient to read. I have read The Gita by different authors. But Swamiji's translation of the Gita I found the most touching.

The best commentary on Geeta ever. It states the truth of Advaita Vedanta - the very purpose for which Geeta was expounded. Please do not make the mistake of misinterpreting this invaluable scripture. Swami Chinmayanada's commentary is both accessible and accurate. Look for no other translations.

Salutations to the feet of Krishna! Salutations to the feet of Vyaasa! Salutations to the feet of Swami Chinmayananda! I am unqualified to review the guru, and I dare not review the divine song (or any other religious texts for that matter; in my short exposure to Hindu spiritual texts, I have come to believe that ALL spiritual texts are saying something deep, that only the sincere seeker can grasp). That said, take this holy nectar translated by Shri guruji if you are inclined to see similarity over differences, unity over diversity and universality over individuality- because this is an advaitic interpretation of her, that, to the very core, accepts the statement: ekam sat vipraah bahudha vadanti (the truth is one, the wise speak of it in many ways). If you want to explore her, do explore her with the sincere mind of a seeker. Please exercise all rationality- Do question what is said, and think deeply about it, but do not approach with an intent of blindly critiquing her- because if you do so, you have simply wasted your money! Remember that she is a moksha shastra who can gently hold your hand and lead you to your fulfillment. Though you can use her for inspirational messages, she's not really meant for that, and she's certainly not meant to help you in planning and strategizing your war with the outside world! (your spiritual quest is yours, and yours alone- and she will be of incalculable help in this lonely quest of yours!) Guruji gives a flow to her in his translation, where each verse leads to another, and subtle differences in apparent similarity of verses are spread out to give a broader perspective. All Upanishads are a cow, the cowherd is the lord himself, the calf is Arjuna (and all the spiritual seekers), and the milk- she is holy Gita!

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The Bhagwad Geeta as it is version from His Grace Srila Prabhupad is best, as it is given to the world by a true Krishna devotee himself. After reading 5th and 6th chapters from the "the holy Geeta" version I had to switch to Prabhupad's version. In some shlokas where Krishna directly mentions "Me" as himself , the translation has no importance of that instead uses a general notion as "Me" meaning divine present in an individual which makes the translation very different from what Krishna says in the shloka. However if you wish to improve your English then go for this.

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