BHAGAVAD GITA (Sanskrit - English)
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Blessed with a divine vision, Sanjaya can see what is going on in the battlefield. Upon being asked, he narrates to Dhritrashtra, the blind king, of how the battle unfolds on the ground. He begins with a description of the majestically positioned armies on both the sides, to engage with one another as it the very purpose for which they have gathered.┬а
Sanjaya gradually proceeds to describe the predicament Arjuna faces in wake of the battle when he sees he near and dear ones, alongside his enemies in the battlefield. Apparently overwhelmed by emotions, he deviates from his purpose. As he speaks to Krishna, his charioteer, he sounds unsure of his course of action in face of this dilemma, for the ones he has to fight and slay, or be slayed by them, also include those dear to him and related to him.┬а
Shaken to the core, it is at this juncture that he faces the question of human existence and action. With no answers from within, he directs his questions to Krishna, who gives him wise counsel, through which the whole exposition of the Bhagavad Gita takes place.┬а
Every chapter begins with the moola shloka (original verse) in Sanskrit, followed by its transliteration in English along with the diacritical marks, and finally the transtexted version of the shloka (verse) in English.
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Dr. V. Prakasam did his M.A. (Nagpur, 1964), D.Phil. in Linguistics (York), and Ph.D. in Law (NALSAR Hyderabad, 2013). He taught Linguistics, Stylistics and English Grammar at Osmania University, Punjabi University, Patiala, and the English & Foreign Languages University. He was a Fulbright Fellow (1985) at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign and University of California at Berkeley. He was awarded International Man of the Year (1992) for Linguistics by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge. He has published research papers and books in English and Telugu dealing with Linguistics, Stylistics, Comparative Religious Studies, Ambedkar Studies, Semiotics, Forensic Linguistics, and English Grammar. He continues to write actively and has published Ramayana, Krishnayana Gitaganam and Hitoktulu in Telugu. Besides books on Linguistics, English Grammar and Telugu Grammar, he has also published two books on spiritual literature тАУ Cosmic Guidelines and Universal Wisdom & Pearls of Divine Guidance.
Dr. Rakesh Tripathi did his M.A. (EFLU), M.Phil. (EFLU) and Ph.D. in English from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He is a Vivekananda scholar with a keen interest in spiritual literature. He is the Director, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research in Indian Knowledge Systems at Sri Sri University, Cuttack and presently teaches English language and literature at the University. He is a life member of the Systemic-Functional Linguistics Association and the Linguistic Society of India. He has published Swami Vivekananda: The Journey of a Spiritual Entrepreneur (Bloomsbury, 2019) and Exploring English Syntax (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
