The Bhagavad Gita is the best known and most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world. This new translation is ideal for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian religions, providing a full cultural and historical context in its introduction and notes.

The Bhagavad Gita is the most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world and a key work for understanding Indian religions and the way Hinduism has been represented in modern India and the West.
W. J. Johnson's translation is up-to-date, clear and accurate. Described by the Daily Telegraph as 'an excellent primer in the Hindu belief system' and by the Good Book Guide as 'freshly accessible to a Western readership...The presentation is both scholarly and inviting.'
In addition to the usual OWC features of introduction and notes, this edition includes notes on metre, on the pronunciation of Sanskrit names, and a list of Sanskrit names and terms.