The Bhagavad Gita: A New Translation, Stephen Mitchell's 2000 rendering from Harmony Books, is a modern literary verse translation of the Hindu scripture aimed at a general readership. Its strength is that it renders the text in accessible, readable English. Its limit is that Mitchell is a translator and poet rather than a Sanskrit scholar, and his translation takes more interpretive liberty than an academic critical edition, so a claim resting on precise wording should be checked against a scholarly translation.
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Stephen Mitchell's Bhagavad Gita translation, published by Harmony Books, the middle tier reflecting that Mitchell is a translator and poet taking real interpretive liberty rather than a Sanskrit scholar producing a critical edition, notwithstanding its genuine accessibility and readability. NotesA modern verse translation of the Bhagavad Gita, Harmony Books, 2000.
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AuthorStephen Mitchell, trans.
PublisherHarmony Books
Publication Year2000
Source Typeprimary-scripture
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- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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