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Invitation to World Literature

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Barbara Stoler Miler, The Bhagavad Gita, Bantam Classic, 1999.

http://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Krishnas-Counsel-Bantam-Classics/dp/0553213652/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276784451&sr=1-1

This is our recommended text. Barbara Stoler Miller's eloquent and accurate verse translation gives a moving rendering effectively employing Western-style four-line stanzas.

Stephen Mitchell, Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation, Three Rivers Press, 2002.

http://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Translation-Stephen-Mitchell/dp/0609810340/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286891018&sr=1-3

This version is in prose but very true to the spirit of the original.

Laurie Patton, The Bhagavad Gita, Penguin Classics, 2008.

http://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140447903/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286891018&sr=1-4

Laurie L. Patton is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Early Indian Religions at Emory University, and has translated the work in free verse.

Jack Hawley, The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners, New World Library, 2001 (paperback coming in March 2011).

http://www.amazon.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Walkthrough-Westerners/dp/1608680142/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1286891018&sr=1-7

Jack Hawley is a Columbia University professor who is featured in the video.