Shrimad Bhagavad Gita in English with Explanation

Duryodhana, a great diplomat, wanted to point out the defects of Droëäcärya, the great brähmaëa commander in chief. Droëäcärya had some political quarrel with King Drupada, the father of Draupadī, who was Arjuna’s wife. As a result of this quarrel, Drupada performed a great sacrifice, by which he received the benediction of having a son who would be able to kill Droëäcärya. Droëäcärya knew this perfectly well, and yet as a liberal brähmaëa he did not hesitate to impart all his military secrets when the son of Drupada, Dhåñiadyumna, was entrusted to him for military education. Now, on the Battlefield of Kurukñetra, Dhåñiadyumna took the side of the Päëďavas, and it was he who arranged for their military phalanx, after having learned the art from Droëäcärya. Duryodhana pointed out this mistake of Droëäcärya’s so that he might be alert and uncompromising in the fighting. By this he wanted to point out also that he should not be similarly lenient in battle against the Päëďavas,...

Dhritarastra was blind from birth. Unfortunately, he was also bereft of spiritual vision. He knew very well that his sons were equally blind in the matter of religion, and he was sure that they could never reach an understanding with the Päëďavas, who were all pious since birth. Still he was doubtful about the influence of the place of pilgrimage, and Sañjaya could understand his motive in asking about the situation on the battlefield. Sañjaya wanted, therefore, to encourage the despondent king and thus assured him that his sons were not going to make any sort of compromise under the influence of the holy place. Sañjaya therefore informed the king that his son, Duryodhana, after seeing the military force of the Päëďavas, at once went to the commander in chief, Droëäcärya, to inform him of the real position. Although Duryodhana is mentioned as the king, he still had to go to the commander on account of the seriousness of the situation. He was therefore quite fit to be a poli...

Bhagavad-gītä is the widely read theistic science summarized in the Gītä-mähätmya (Glorification of the Gītä). There it says that one should read Bhagavad-gītä very scrutinizingly with the help of a person who is a devotee of Śrī Kåñëa and try to understand it without personally motivated interpretations. The example of clear understanding is there in the Bhagavad-gītä itself, in the way the teaching is understood by Arjuna, who heard the Gītä directly from the Lord Krishna. If someone is fortunate enough to understand Bhagavad-gītä in that line of disciplic succession, without motivated interpretation, then he surpasses all studies of Vedic wisdom, and all scriptures of the world. One will find in the Bhagavad-gītä all that is contained in other scriptures, but the reader will also find things which are not to be found elsewhere. That is the specific standard of the Gītä. It is the perfect theistic science because it is directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead...