Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation Review
While this translation is not perfect word for word compared to other's it does offer insight into this great work. Now to rate this book as terrible simply for the fact of imperfect translation is a shame becouse is does have much to offer.
The Gita is a wonderfull work. Mitchell does not butcher bad enough that the concept is lost. You will come away from this read feeling refreshed and enlightend. Do not worry about the translation the idea's are in this book. It allways upsets me when I read complaint's about Hindu translation's, many book's like the Mahabhrata have been added to since there conception. So if that's the case what is actually the true translation? What count's is the message and this book present's it well.
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Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation Overview
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."
From the Hardcover edition.
Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation Specifications
On the list of the greatest spiritual books of all time, the Bhagavad Gita resides permanently in the top echelon. This poem of patently Indian genius sprouted an immense tree of devotional, artistic, and philosophical elaboration in the subcontinent. The scene is a battlefield with the prince Arjuna pitted against his own family, but no sooner does the poem begin than the action reverts inward. Krishna, Arjuna's avatar and spiritual guide, points the way to the supreme wisdom and perfect freedom that lie within everyone's reach. Worship and be faithful, meditate and know reality--these make up the secret of life and lead eventually to the realization that the self is the root of the world. In this titular translation, Stephen Mitchell's rhythms are faultless, making music of this ancient "Song of the Blessed One." Savor his rendition, but nibble around the edges of his introduction. In a bizarre mixture of praise and condescension, Mitchell disregards two millennia of Indian commentary, seeking illumination on the text from Daoism and Zen, with the Gita coming up just shy of full spiritual merit. Perhaps we should take it from Gandhi, who used the Gita as a handbook for life, that it nourishes on many levels. --Brian Bruya
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Customer Reviews
Excellent condition - Moon -
The book arrived in excellent condition. I am giving it as a graduation gift for my step-daughter. An excellent translation that allows the reader to make up their own mind on what it means to them.
Lovely Translation - Bella - Hartford, CT
This is the only version of the Gita I've read but it is beautifully written. I have heard other translations only in pieces, and although each translation brings something different and new, this particular translation is written in a way that is easy to understand and read and it sounds poetic like it's intended to be.
An Economy of Words, But Wide Breadth of Scope - Gary Reiner - Sacramento, CA USA
Stephen Mitchell is in my opinion one of the true masters of spiritual translations. He does not fall short with his rendering of the Bhagavad Gita. With an economy of words, that are terse and to the point, much like aphorisms, Mitchell fits together a majestic tapestry of broad scope. Anyone looking for the gist of the message in perhaps the fewest words available in a published work, and which keeps in mind modern sensibilities, look no further -- this is the book for you, you won't be let down.
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