Online Editions

Bhagavad-Geeta

Minimally formatted, black text on gray background; part of the Indian Literary Classics Home Page at Geocities. Translation by Dr. Ramanand Prasad of the American Gita Society.

Bhagavad Gita

A collection of short quotes at Mysticism in World Religions by Deb Platt, M.A., Psychology, M.S., Computer Science

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Online

An online version of a published translation and commentary by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (you should be able to translate that last name if you were paying attention to the footnotes or the glossary items, folks). The edition goes through the text stanza by stanza. Each stanza is quoted in the original Sanskrit (romanized spelling), with a translation below, and an extensive commentary (commentary outweighs the text by about six to one). The commentary, of course, is not the equal of the great medieval commentators, such as Sankara and Ramanujan, but makes an excellent alternative to academic commentaries, such as the one in the edition you're reading and gives a good insight into the Gita as a living religious text. Handsomely formatted and a good resource for people familiar with the text.

Bhagavad Gita, The Song of God

Short selection of fragments collected by Paul Harrison

The Bhagavad Gita

Vermont electronic archive; poorly formatted edition of Sir Edwin Arnold's nineteenth century translation.

The Bhagavad Gita

Handsomely formatted, single file (long download) version from the Exploring Ancient World Cultures and the University of Evansville. A above, this is another HTML version of the translation by Dr. Ramanand Prasad of the American Gita Society.

The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad Gita

Sir Edwin Arnold translation (antiquated English) with no annotations and Indian words; HTML prepared by Shawn Knight, UNIX consultant for Carnegie Mellon University

The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad Gita

Another HTML version of Sir Edwin Arnold's translation (antiquated English) with no annotations and Indian words; blue background with blue text.

The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad Gita

Yet another HTML version of Sir Edwin Arnold's translation (antiquated English) with no annotations and Indian words; HTML markup by Jonathon DeFries. Menus at the bottom of each page allow you to easily move around in the text. Yellow background with brown text (what is it about the Bhagavadgita that makes people format backgrounds and text in similar colors?)

The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad Gita

Still one more HTML version of Sir Edwin Arnold's translation (antiquated English) with no annotations and Indian words. Minimally formatted, black text on gray background.

Essays and Commentaries

On the Nature of Brahman: An Introduction to the Bhagavad-Gita

A discussion of the relationship between the metaphysics of the Gita with the Western philosophical tradition, particularly idealism and materialism, by John Hooks, PhD, English Department, St. Petersburg Junior College. This is a somewhat quirky essay that demands some familiarity with Western philosophical language. At the same time, however, the thought experiment involving television is a fabulous way to come to terms with the Gita's argument that the material world is a delusion. In fact, there are three thought experiments that are excellent vehicles for coming to terms with the Gita.

The Historical Context of the Bhagavad Gita and its Relation to Indian Religious Doctrines

An excellent and thorough introductory essay by Soumen De at the Exploring Ancient World Cultures web site at the University of Evansville.

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