This commentary on the Bhagavad Gita for modern readers is a lively, enjoyable text and lifelong guide, including every verse of the Gita. A classic scripture of the East, the Bhagavad Gita tells the story of how Arjuna the great warrior is seated in his chariot about to engage in battle when he sees his own kinsmen and his revered teacher arrayed in battle against him and he feels that he cannot fight. It is then that Krishna the Cosmic Lord comes to counsel him.

Having been a finalist for the Publishers' Marketing Association Spiritual Book of the Year award, this translation and commentary makes the deep truths of the timeless classic more accessible than ever to the Western mind.

"Just as the many great yogis of the past bequeathed commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita to the people of India, Swami Satchidananda, who is a master of communicating the way of yoga with Western words and images, has finally done the same for us. All popular English editions of the Gita must now take a backseat to this exquisite new edition." - Meditation Magazine.