Bhagavad Gita as it is

"Originally I wrote Bhagavad-g?t? As It Is in the form in which it is presented now. When this book was first published, the original manuscript was, unfortunately, cut short to less than 400 pages, without illustrations and without explanations for most of the original verses of the ?r?mad Bhagavad-g?t?. In all of my other books??r?mad-Bh?gavatam, ?r? ??opani?ad, etc.?the system is that I give the original verse, its English transliteration, word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents, translations and purports. This makes the book very authentic and scholarly and makes the meaning self-evident. I was not very happy, therefore, when I had to minimize my original manuscript. But later on, when the demand for Bhagavad-g?t? As It Is considerably increased, I was requested by many scholars and devotees to present the book in its original form. Thus the present attempt is to offer the original manuscript of this great book of knowledge with full parampar? explanation in order to establish the K???a consciousness movement more soundly and progressively." --