Book description
The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the
cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of
Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beginning of a mighty battle
between the Pandava and Kaurava armies, thegod Krishna gives spiritual
enlightenment to the warrior Arjuna, who realizes that the true battle
is for his own soul.
Juan Mascaro studied Sanskrit, Pali and English at Cambridge
University, and later became Professor of English at the University of
Barcelona. After the Spanish Civil War, he returned to settle in
England permanently. He also translated some Upanishads and the
Dhammapada for Penguin Classics.
Simon Brodbeck studied at the universities of Cambridge and London,
and completed a Ph. D. thesis on the Bhagavad Gita at the School of
Oriental and African Studies.
