The Song of God: Bhagavad-Gita

1951, the third impression of Isherwood and Prabhavananda's translation

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First edition, third impression. Small hardback bound in coarse red cloth with gilt titling to spine and upper board. 14.5 × 10.5cm, 185pp.

Considered one of the most readable and spiritually influential English versions of the text, Isherwood and Prabhavananda's translation was a landmark collaboration that bridged the gap between ancient Eastern philosophy and 20th-century Western literature, along with Huxley's introduction in which he defines the "Perennial Philosophy. The Bhagavad-Gita is a Sanskrit scripture that forms part of the ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata. It is structured as a dialogue between the prince Arjuna and Krishna, an avatar of the god Vishnu, on the eve of a massive civil war.

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A good readable copy, though the book lacks the ffep and with a modern handwritten "subject for meditation" to the rear endpaper.