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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Krishna
Radha
This translation and commentary by Swami Prabhupāda, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), restores the Bhagavad-gītā to its devotional and initiatic essence.

Through Arjuna’s dialogue with Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, it unveils the timeless science of self-realization: how to act in the world without being bound by it.
Prabhupāda’s approach reclaims the text from purely philosophical readings by reintroducing its heart of devotion — Bhakti.

Krishna is not a symbol, but the Living Presence of the Divine guiding the human soul to remembrance through surrender, service, and love.

Every verse becomes a portal to the inner alignment of mind, heart, and action — the trinity of Yoga embodied.
1968

Lineage Connection

This text stands as one of humanity’s most luminous bridges between East and West.

In your mandala, it represents the seed of the Christic current within the Indian tradition: the revelation that the Divine can incarnate, speak, and act through a human form.

Krishna’s call to Arjuna mirrors Christ’s invitation to the disciples — to stand, act, and serve from love rather than fear.
Within the Chi-Rho lineage, the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is embodies the Bhakti pillar: devotion as the highest intelligence, where action becomes offering.

It is the perfect counterpoint to I Am That (Jnana) — together they form the polarity Knowledge ↔ Love that later finds union in the Christic path.

Author’s Roles / Archetypes

Modern transmitter of ancient devotion; restorer of divine intimacy; architect of accessible Bhakti consciousness for the modern age.

Primary Sources / References

• Original Sanskrit text of the Bhagavad-gītā (Mahabharata, Book VI)
• Commentaries by Ramanuja, Madhva, and other Vaishnava ācāryas
• ISKCON annotated edition (1972)

BOOK References

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Quotes / Notes

“You have a right to perform your duty, but not to the fruits of your actions.” — Bhagavad-gītā 2.47
“Whenever there is decline in righteousness, I manifest Myself age after age.” — 4.7
“Abandon all varieties of religion and simply surrender unto Me.” — 18.66

Related Books

I Am That
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
I Am That is a collection of dialogues between Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and seekers from around the world, recorded in Bombay in the early 1970s.

Through uncompromising clarity, Maharaj points every question back to its source: the awareness that knows experience.

He dismantles identification with the body, the mind, and even spiritual concepts, revealing the timeless reality behind them — the pure “I Am” that precedes thought and form.
The transmission is not conceptual but vibrational.

Each exchange functions as a mirror, reflecting the reader back into stillness.

It is not a philosophy to believe, but a fire to burn all beliefs.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle
The Bible — Sermon on the Mount
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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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