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  t h A n n i v e r s a ry E d i t i o n The Bhagavad Gītā W I N T H R O P S A R G E A N T Foreword by Huston Smith Editor’s Preface by Christopher Key Chapple the bhagavad g¯ita¯ SUNY series in Cultural Perspectives Antonio T. de Nicolás, editor ¯ ¯ THE BHAGAVAD GITA Twenty-fi fth-Anniversary Edition Translated by WINTHROP SARGEANT Edited and with a Preface by CHRISTOPHER KEY CHAPPLE Foreword by HUSTON SMITH excelsior editions state university of new york press albany, new york Published by State University of New York Press, Albany ©2009 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. Excelsior Editions is an imprint of State University of New York Press For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production by Dana Foote Marketing by Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bhagavadg¯ıt¯a. English & Sanskrit. The Bhagavad G¯ıt¯a / translated by Winthrop Sargeant ; edited and with a preface by Christopher Key Chapple ; foreword by Huston Smith.—25th anniversary ed. p. cm. — (Suny series in cultural perspectives) Translated from Sanskrit. Previously published: ©1984. ISBN 978-1-4384-2841-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4384-2842-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Sargeant, Winthrop, 1903–1986. II. Chapple, Christopher Key, 1954– III. Title. BL1138.62.E5 2009b 294.5’92404521—dc22 2009000540 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my dear wife, Jane CONTENTS Foreword by Huston Smith ix Editor’s Preface with a User’s Guide for the Word-by-Word Analysis of the Bhagavad G¯ıta¯ xix Translator’s Preface 1 The Language of the Bhagavad G¯ıta¯ 3 The Setting of the Bhagavad G¯ıta¯ 9 List of Abbreviations Used in the Vocabularies 35 Epithets Used in the Bhagavad G¯ıta¯ 37

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