TY - BOOK AU - Arnold,Edwin,Sir TI - The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata): Being a discourse between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna AV - BLPK PY - 2000/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Epic poetry KW - Sanskrit poetry -- Translations into English KW - Hinduism -- Sacred books N1 - Translated from the Sanskrit text; Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_Celestial; Release date is 2000-11-01; Produced by J. C. Byers. HTML version by Al Haines; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata)" by Sir Edwin Arnold is a poetic translation published in 1885. This English rendering of the ancient Sanskrit text presents a dialogue between Krishna, an incarnation of the Divine, and Prince Arjuna. Krishna instructs Arjuna on duty and liberation through right action as they face an eternal battle between right and wrong, wisdom and ignorance. This translation profoundly influenced Mahatma Gandhi, who called it the best English version he encountered. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2388 ER -