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Re: Bhagavad Gita Translations
Quote from: Castus;186641 I'm pretty sure ISKCON put out a good one. As someone who comes from a Hindu background, I'd recommend avoiding ISKON's translation: It comes with a very intrusive and literalist commentary. It's basically the equivalent of getting a Bible published by the Evangelical Alliance or something. If you're after accuracy, I'd avoid Easwaran too: It's not a terrible translation, but it's very much filtered through Easwaran's own biases. I recommend the Lars Martin Fosse Translation, as it was written with the express intent of creating an accurate translation, and not glossing over any of the uncomfortable parts of the Gita: Krishna isn't portrayed as all love and sweetness, and no attempt is made to obscure the fact that the Gita is sexist and supports the caste system, or to obscure the fact that, yes, God is telling someone to go and fight in a war. It's not necessarily as beautiful or poetic as some translations out there, but for accuracy and lack of bias you can't get much better. I'd still recommend reading more than one translation, though. Hope that helps. March 14, 2016, 02:08:27 pm |
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