Gita, the celestial song, is the essence of eternal wisdom. It is neither a teaching nor a preaching. It is a Revelation, from the Supreme to the spark. It deals with different stages of the eternal journey that begins from turmoil and ends with the withering away of the ego.
Gita can be studied from two angles, the first, and probably the most common, is from the angle of a seeker who is seeking the Truth. The other approach is from the point of a seer, one who has found the truth, realised it but has not yet understood through the mind what has been realised. The present translation is an attempt from the second angle. The nature of the path can only be known to the traveller who has completed the journey, not to one who is still marching.
This translation is not meant for those who are thinking that they are seekers. It is for those who are really seers within but behaving as seekers outwardly, not because of their ignorance of the Truth but because of their ignorance of what they have already realised.
Gita, the eternal wisdom, reveals itself at every transition, during every turning of History and gives a new meaning as per the need of the TIME of its revelation. The different interpretations of Gita are not reflections of diversity but pointers to its universal resilience and inherent unity, the Unity that Truth is one but seers speak of it in different ways.
The present translation is not based on intellect. It is based on realisation and revelation. Every word of it has come from Krishna - the Supreme consciousness - that dwells in us. The mistakes, inaccuracies, fallacies or deficiencies are not of Krishna who has revealed it but of Arjuna - the mental being - who has tried to translate it into a language of human understanding.
Comments and criticisms are welcome from both category of readers. From the seekers, to know where it is ambiguous and from the seers, to know where it appears superfluous.
A detailed commentary of the Gita for seekers of Truth is being released separately by the Divine Mission, USA.
Let Truth alone Manifest,
Swami Sri Atmananda