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I wish to express my heart-felt appreciation and acknowledgment to Sayeed Chaudhury, Dr. They are: Swami Prabhupada, Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Dayananda Saraswati, Swami Arjun Puri, Paramahamsa Hariharananda, and Swami Chidanand Sarasawati (Muniji). I also wish to acknowledge the immeasurable contributions made to my spiritual life by my gurus, under whose guidance I had an opportunity and privilege to start the study of the Gita and Kriya-yoga. The writer wishes to offer adoration to saints and sages of all religions, and to the commentators on the Gita, through whose grace and blessings alone I was able to write this commentary. The Fifth Edition (pocket paperback) is a revised version of our Fourth Edition without Sanskrit verses. In the second printing of the Fourth Edition explanation of difficult to understand verses has been appended. The Fourth edition is suitable also for those who are not familiar with Indian Philosophy.

In the Fourth Edition additional material and paragraph headings have been added, and the use of Sanskrit words is kept to a minimum. In this edition both Sanskrit and English words were used, within parentheses, for the clarity and convenience of our readers. The Third Edition was substantially revised and improved. A short commen­tary of selected verses, as well as the teachings of saints and sages, was included to aid the understanding of difficult verses. In this edition similar verses and teachings of major Hindu as well as non-Hindu scriptures of the world such as the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Puranas, the Mahabharata, the Bhakti Sutras, Yoga Sutra, Brahma Sutra, Manu Smriti, and Ramayanas, as well as the Dhammapada, the Bible, and the Koran, were added. They are meant for the people of the whole world.

The teachings of Gita are non-sectarian and do not belong to any particular creed, cult, or country.

The Second revised and enlarged edition, with Sanskrit verses, was published in 1996 by Motilal Banarsidass in India with a view to underline the harmony and unity between major teachings of the great religions of the world.Īll scriptures draw the water of truth from the same ocean. The First Edition of our work was published in 1988.