Presents a comprehensive collection of translations and commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Sanskrit text that emphasizes the physical, mental, and spiritual nature of man.

Includes indexes.

1What Is the Bhagavad Gita? 1 -- 2 What Is Sanaatan Dharma? 4 -- 3 Allegory of the Gita 9 -- 4 Allegory in Scripture 15 -- 5 Genesis of the Story 20 -- 6 Why Cousins? Why Enemies? 28 -- 7 Spine: Pathway to Salvation 35 -- 8 Scripture Begins -- Gita Chapter 1: verse 1 40 -- 9 Sanjaya Speaks -- Gita Chapter 1: verses 1-47 -- Gita Chapter 2: verses 1-9 47 -- 10 Nature of Death-Allegorical and Literal -- Gita Chapter 2: verses 10-39 54 -- 11 Krishna's Consolation -- Reprise Gita Chapter 2: verses 1-40 63 -- 12 Nature of Right Action -- Gita Chapter 2: verses 40-72 77 -- 13 Why Fight? -- Gita Chapter 3: verses 1-9 117 -- 14 Directional Development -- Gita Chapter 3: verses 10-16 135 -- 15 Freedom Through Action -- Gita Chapter 3: verses 17-43 152 -- 16 Supreme Science of Knowing God -- Gita Chapter 4: verses 1-42 175 -- 17 Freedom Through Inner Renunciation -- Gita Chapter 5: verses 1-29 221 -- 18 True Yoga -- Gita Chapter 6: verses 1-47 247 -- 19 Knowledge and Wisdom -- Gita Chapter 7: verses 1-30 298 -- 20 Outer and the Inner Universe -- Gita Chapter 8: verses 1-16 342 -- 21 Final Liberation -- Gita Chapter 8: verses 17-28 360 -- 22 Sovereign Lord of All -- Gita Chapter 9: verses 1-34 374 -- 23 From the Unmanifested to the Manifest -- Gita Chapter 10: verses 1-42 394 -- 24 Divine Vision -- Gita Chapter 11: verses 1-55 407 -- 25 Path of Bhakti Yoga -- Gita Chapter 12: verses 1-20 418 -- 26 Field of Battle -- Gita Chapter 13: verses 1-34 424 -- 27 Transcending the Three Gunas -- Gita Chapter 14: verses 1-27 451 -- 28 Yoga of the Supreme Person -- Gita Chapter 15: verses 1-20 471 -- 29 Nature of the Godly and the Demonic -- Gita Chapter 16: verses 1-24 479 -- 30 Three Levels of Spiritual Practice -- Gita Chapter 17: verses 1-28 504 -- 31 You Shall Attain Me -- Gita Chapter 18: verses 1-78 524.