श्रीमद् भगवदगीता Srimad Bhagavadgita

Among all scriptural writings of the world Srimad Bhagavadgita occupies a unique place. As a matter of fact it is the only book which can be called secular in the real sense of the term. It is a practical philosophy of living an ideal social life and for this reason it has attracted the attention of scholars throughout the world. Our Gita library alone has about 1400 editions of Bhagavadgita published in 34 different languages.

Gita Press itself has so far published many editions in languages more than one with different objectives. For sometimes in the past we have been pressurized by our learned readers to bring out an edition of Gita with original Sanskrit text and its Hindi translation along with English rendering side by side.

The Hindi Tika in this book is a rendering by Sri Jayadayal Goyandka which for the first time appeared in Hindi Kalyana in the form of Gita Tattvanka long before. The English translation is based on the same Tattva Vivecani Tika (Hindi) published by Gita Press. In preparing the present English translation, the translators have made use of some prominent English translations available to them for which we express our gratitude and thanks to all of them.

WE hope that the readership will welcome this book also with their open heart as usual.