Bhagavad Geeta

  hare krsna hare krsna krsna krsna hare hare hare räma hare rama rama rama hare hare       Bhagavad-gita is also known as Gitopanisad. It is the essence of Vedic knowledge and one of the most important Upanisads in Vedic literature. Of course there are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gītā, and one may question the necessity for another one. This present edition can be explained in the following way. Recently an American lady asked me to recommend an English translation of Bhagavad-gitá. Of course in America there are so many editions of Bhagavad-gitā available in English, but as far as I have seen, not only in America but also in India, none of them can be strictly said to be authoritative because in almost every one of them the commentator has expressed his own opinions without touching the spirit of Bhagavad-gītā as it is. Our only purpose is to present this Bhagavad-gitā As it is in order to guide the conditioned student to the same purpose for whic...

 INTRODUCTION om ajñāna-timirandhasya jñānāñjana-salākaya caksur unmilitam yena tasmai śri-gurave namah Sri-caitanya-mano-'bhistam sthäpitam yena bhü-tale svayam rūpah kadā mahyam dadāti sva-padāntikam I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him. When will Srila Rúpa Gosvāmi Prabhupada, who has established within this material world the mission to fulfill the desire of Lord Caitanya, give me shelter under his lotus feet? vande 'ham śri-guroḥ śri-yuta-pada-kamalam śri-gurun vaisnavámś ca śri-rupam sagrajätam saha-gana-raghunathānvitam tam sa-jivam sadvaitam savadhutam parijana-sahitam kṛṣṇa-caitanya-devam śri-rädhä-kṛṣṇa-pädän saha-gana-lalita-śrī-visakhānvitamś ca I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master and unto the feet of all Vaisnavas. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Srila Rüpa Gosvāmi along with his elder brother ...

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