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Gitar Gan
Author: A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada
Year: 1960s
Language: Bengali
“Gitar Gan” or the “Song of the Gita” is the Bengali translation of the Bhagavad-Gita
written by Srila Prabhupada.
After translating the Gita into English with
extensive authoritative commentaries, he communicated the Gita
in a more simpler form through writing in Bengali
poetic form. Despite having the Gita in a systematic
poetic form, the Bengali poetic form resembles Bengali kirtan
with different poetic styles. Even though Srila Prabhupada translated 718 verses (18 of his own chapter
concluded verses plus the original 700 Gita verses),
he stressed his disciples in reading his commentaries on original Vedic
literature, rather than promote his own original works such as his bhajans.
UPDATED: March 9, 2012