The Bhagavad Gita  (English, Paperback, Gandhi Mahatma)

The Bhagavad Gita contains the words of Sri Krishna as he explains to Arjuna that not fulfilling one's Dharma is the greatest sin. For eighteen days the Pandavas and Kauravas clashed in battle at the Kurukshetra. However, before the battle, Arjuna finds himself crippled with fear and doubt, questioning his own values. This is a translation of the holy book by Mahatma Gandhi.

Summary of the Book

The Bhagavad Gita is considered to be one of the foremost treatises on philosophy and the concept of Dharma. In its 700 verses, one can find the answer to life, the universe and the explanation of why human beings are repeatedly put through birth and death cycles. Lord Krishna explains that liberation comes to those who uphold Dharma. Arjuna's Dharma was to kill and reinstate his family as the rightful rulers of Hastinapura. Krishna explains that man's repeated failure to uphold his Dharma is why he manifests himself, time and again, to set right the path that humanity strays onto. An examination of the ethical and moral struggles of man, the Bhagavad Gita is the sum total of man's greatest duties, and his worst fallacies. These words of Krishna before the Kurukshetra war have guided Hindus throughout ages.

About Mahatma Gandhi

Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi is called the Father of the Nation for his leadership in the struggle for India's freedom. He was better known as Bapuji and Mahatma Gandhi.

Some of the other prominent works and compilations of his works are Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule, The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas, All Men Are Brothers, Key To Health, Satyagraha In South Africa, On Non-Violence, Self Restraint Vs. Self Indulgence, The Way To Communal Harmony and many more.

Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October in the year 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat. His birthday is observed as a national holiday in India and as an International Day of Non-Violence in the rest of the world. He was an observer of non-violence and a prominent leader in the fight for freedom against the the British regime in India. Gandhi did his mid schooling in Porbandar and Rajkot. He completed his tenth from the Samaldas College situated in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. He acquired his degree as a Barrister from the University College London. After an attempt to start his career in India, Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa only to work as a legal representative. He worked there for twenty one years of his life. He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the year 1948.