The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita Translated

The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-Gita Translated Synopsis

The Gita is a small but much loved part of the vast Hindu epic the Mahabarata, a poetic chronicle about two warring groups of cousins. The title means Celestial Song or Song of the Lord. This is a perfect self-help book because it is not scholarly or academic, but remains a source of the most profound wisdom, offering a path to steadiness of mind and joy in one's work that could not be more relevant amid the speed and pressure of life in the 21st century. This translation is by Edwin Arnold, noted scholar and translator