Quotes:Bhagavad‐gita

H. P. Blavatsky

Bhagavad‐gita. Lit., “the Lord’s Song”. A portion of the Mahabharata, the great epic poem of India. It contains a dialogue wherein Krishna — the “Charioteer” — and Arjuna, his Chela, have a discussion upon the highest spiritual philosophy. The work is pre‐eminently occult or esoteric.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Bhagavad‐gita

Zirkoff, Boris

Bhagavad-Gita. Ed. and trans, by Manmatha Nath Sastn. Calcutta: Soc. for the Resuscit. of Ind. Lit., 1903 [C.Pea.Cl.].— Ed. and trans, by W. Douglas P. Hill. London: Oxf. Univ. Press, 1928 [Y.AOS.C.NYP.UP.H.]. — Ed. (Roman) with trans, and comm, by Prof. S. Radhakrishnan. London: Luzac and Co., 1947.—Trans, with notes and references to Christian Scriptures by Mohini M. Chatterji. Boston: Ticknor and Co., 1887 [Cl.]. — Recension with valuable Introductory by William Quan Judge. New York: The Path; London: Theos. Publishing Soc., 1890. Many subs, editions. — Trans, (almost verbally) by Dr. G. de Purucker. Lucifer, Point Loma, Calif., Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, 1930; Vol. II, Nos. 1-6, 1931; Vol. Ill, Jan., Meh., May, 1932; Vol. IV, July, Sept., Nov., 1932. — Trans, by Bhagavan Das and Dr. Annie Besant. London: Theos. Publ. Soc., 1895 [Cl.H.]; rev. ed., 1896, and subs, editions. — Trans., with Samkaracharya’s Commentary, by A. Mahadeva Sastn. 2nd ed. Mysore, 1901. Vedic Religion Series, I.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 363

Bhagavad-Gîtâ. Transi, with Samkarâchârya’s Commentary, by A. Mahâdeva Sâstrî. 2nd ed. Mysore, 1901. Vedic Religion Series, I.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 424

*Bhagavad-Gîtâ. See Oriental Bibliography in Volume V of the present Series for comprehensive data concerning various editions of this work.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, p. 413