The Bhagavad Gita Hardcover – 1 Jan. 2010

Sri Sivananda's translation of the Bhagavad Gita is one of the better versions and one I would strongly recommend to a 'Western' minded seeker who is less than familiar with the history and culture which produced the incredible work. The Gita itself is in my opinion simply the greatest self-help/awareness/development book ever written. I have several versions of 'the Gita' some good, some great, some not so good or great, the seeker will find the best for him/herself. For my I find Sri Sivananda's version better than the esteemed Paramahansa Yogananda 'God Talks With Arjuna' version as it doesn't stretch the commentaries over page after page.I would only recommend a Gita with commentaries to Western first timers as so much is culturally relevant to a time and place in ancient Bharat that many points may be completely missed. Once familiar you will start to ignore the commentaries completely.

A must for any yogi. The Yoga Bible

Very interesting a good read.

The Bhagavad Gita interpretation by Sivananda Swami is an excellent book for a beginner. Clarity of the language is admirable. The only weakness I find is the lack of diacritics to indicate appropriate sounds and spellings in the English transliteration of Sanskrit words. Most other similar books written by Swamis and academics do not have this limitation. However, this book will be very useful to the beginners.A K Maitra

Although the description says language: English most passages are 33-50% Sanskrit, if you cannot read Sanskrit this book is essentially unreadable to you, i suggest you try and find an alternative translation.

This is difficult to read, but that is helped with the changing typefaces. The comentary is wonderful.