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Hi /lit/. I need help deciding on a translation for the Bhagavad Gita. Should I be looking for a more of a KJV style of translation or a more accessible version? What do scholars refer to when discussing the Bhagavad Gita, and what seems to be the /lit/ approved translation?
There seems to be hundreds of translations and I have no idea where to start.

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>>16932657
https://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/gita/index.htm

>> No.16932803

>>16932687
this guy gets it, dont get those boring static translations, Sir Edwin Arnolds translation is the best for a western reader

>> No.16933060

>>16932657
Start with ISCKON and move on (You don't even have to read Srila Prabhupad's purports). You can usually find that edition really cheap. No need to be a pedantic idiot here: just read it. Who cares.

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Personally, I carry this one around in my back pocket.