Srimad Bhagavad Gita: the most translated book ever in the world?

Is Srimad Bhagavad Gita the work that has been translated the most number of times into English? Maybe even, into any language? Here is a growing list that lends confidence to this belief. It is interesting how so many people have felt and continue to feel inspired to translate, and comment on, the Gita.

Your contributions to the list are most welcome!

List of full-length offline (hardcopy) Gita Translations

  1. The Bhagavad Gita And Its Message
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Aurobindo
    Publisher: Natl Book Network (1992/06/01)
    ISBN: 0941524787; ISBN-13: 9780941524780, 978-0941524780 Number of Pages: 325

  2. Jnaneshwari (BhAvArtha DeepikA)
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Jnanadeva (into Marathi); R. K. Bhagwat (into English).
    Publisher: Samata Books (December 1998)
    ISBN-10: 0910261075; ISBN-13: 978-0910261074;
    Paperback: 722 pages

  3. Bhagavad Gita BhAshya
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Adi Shankaracharya (in Sanskrit); A. G. Krishna Warrier (into English).
    Publisher: Sri Ramakrishna Math, Madras, India (IV impression 1996)
    ISBN 81-7120-269-1

  4. The Bhagvat-geeta: Or Dialogues Of Kreeshna And Arjoon, In Eighteen Lectures; With Notes
    Translation & commentary by: Charles Wilkins
    ISBN: 437045065; ISBN-13: 9781437045062, 978-1437045062
    Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (Oct 2008)
    Number of Pages: 120
    Comments: The first known English translation, first published in 1785. For an account of the reception of the Gita outside India, see Rajeshwari Mishka Sinha's "Corrigibility, Allegory, Universality: A History of the Gita's Transnational Reception, 1785–1945", Modern Intellectual History (2010), 7: 297-317.

  5. The Holy Geeta
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Chinmayananda
    Publisher: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust (2006)
    ISBN: 817597074X; ISBN-13: 9788175970748, 978-8175970748
    Number of Pages: 1254

  6. Bhagavad-gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Chidbhavananda
    Publisher: Ramakrishna Tapovanam, India (Dec 1984)
    ISBN-10: 0702500518; ISBN-13: 978-0702500510
    Hardcover: 1008 pages

  7. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: : Swami Kriyananda
    Publisher: Ananda Sangha Publications (2007)
    ISBN: 8189430262; ISBN-13: 9788189430269, 978-8189430269

  8. The Bhagavad Gita Vol I, II: God Talks With Arjuna
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
    Publisher: Yogda Satsang Society Of India (2005)
    ISBN: 8189535013; ISBN-13: 9788189535018, 978-8189535018
    Number of Pages: 1220

  9. Bhagavad Gita: Song Celestial
    Translation by: : Sir Edwin Arnold
    Publisher: Watkins Publishing (2007); original publication: 1885
    ISBN: 1842930982; ISBN-13: 9781842930984, 978-1842930984
    Number of Pages: 224

  10. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Dayananda Saraswati
    Publisher: Arsha Vidya Centre, Rishikesh, India (2008)
    ISBN: 978-81-903636-8-6
    pages: 242.

  11. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Rajagopalachari C
    Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (2006)
    ISBN: 8172763743; ISBN-13: 9788172763749, 978-8172763749

  12. Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
    Translation & commentary by: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada
    ISBN: 089213285X; ISBN-13: 9780892132850, 978-0892132850
    Publisher: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (Dec 2001)
    Number of Pages: 1047

  13. The Bhagavad-gita: Krishnas's Counsel In Time Of War
    Translation by: Barbara Stoler-Miller
    ISBN: 0553213652; ISBN-13: 9780553213652, 978-0553213652
    Publisher: Bantam Classic & Loveswept (1986/08/01)
    Number of Pages: 162

  14. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Richard Gotshalk
    Publisher: Motilal Banarasidass (1993)
    ISBN: 8120800060; ISBN-13: 9788120800069, 978-8120800069
    Number of Pages: 245

  15. Bhagavad Gita (2 Vols. In One)
    Translation & commentary by: Franklin Edgerton; (photographs) Edith Allard
    Publisher: Harvard University Press (jan 1972)
    ISBN: 0674069250; ISBN-13: 9780674069251, 978-0674069251.
    Number of Pages: 224

    Translation & commentary by: F. Edgerton,
    ISBN: 8120811380; ISBN-13: 9788120811386, 978-8120811386
    Publisher: Motilal Banarasidass (1996)
    Number of Pages: 370

  16. Life Pilgrimage Through The Gita — A Commentary On The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Muni Narayana Prasad
    Publisher: D.k. Printworld (p) Ltd. (2005)
    ISBN: 8124603103; ISBN-13: 9788124603109, 978-8124603109
    Number of Pages: x, 580

  17. Perennial Psychology Of The Bhagavad-gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Rama
    Publisher: Himalayan Institute Press (1985/01/01)
    ISBN: 0893890901; ISBN-13: 9780893890902, 978-0893890902
    Number of Pages: 492

  18. The Teaching Of The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: : Swami Dayananda
    Publisher: Vision Books (2003)
    ISBN: 8170943957; ISBN-13: 9788170943952, 978-8170943952
    Number of Pages: 176

  19. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Nikhilananda, (foreword) William E. Hocking
    ISBN: 0548082820; ISBN-13: 9780548082829, 978-0548082829
    Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (Jul 2007)
    Number of Pages: 408

  20. The Bhagavad Gita: Song Of The Supreme
    Translation & commentary by: Sadhu T. L. Vaswani
    Publisher: Authorhouse (Apr 2006)
    ISBN: 1425930530; ISBN-13: 9781425930530, 978-1425930530
    Number of Pages: 256

  21. The Bhagavad Gita br Translation & commentary by: Laurie L. Patton
    Publisher: Penguin Group Usa (2008/10/28)
    ISBN: 0140447903; ISBN-13: 9780140447903, 978-0140447903
    Number of Pages: 234

  22. Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Swarupananda
    Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (May 31, 1942)
    ISBN: 0766103498; ISBN-13: 978-0766103498
    Paperback: 468 pages

  23. Bhagavad-Gita
    Translation & commentary by: S. Radhakrishnan
    Publisher: Thorsons (January 9, 1995)
    ISBN: 1855384574; ISBN-13: 978-1855384576
    Paperback: 400 pages

  24. Bhagavad-Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Adi Sankaracharya (Commentary; 750 AD), Swami Gambhiranand (translator)
    Publisher: Nesma Books (January 5, 2000)
    ISBN: 8175050411; ISBN-13: 978-8175050419
    826 pages

  25. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Juan Mascaro (Translator); S Brodbeck (Foreword)
    Publisher: Penguin Classic; Revised edition edition (Dec 31 2002)
    ISBN: 0140449183; ISBN-13: 978-0140449181
    Paperback: 160 pages

  26. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation by: Michael Beloved
    Publisher: Lulu.com (2008)
    ISBN: 978-0-557-02736-1

  27. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: C Jinarajadasa
    Publisher: Book Jungle (2007)
    ISBN: 1594626014; ISBN-13: 9781594626012, 978-1594626012

  28. The Gita: In English Verse
    Translation & commentary by: Sunil Kumar Sarker
    ISBN: 8171565786; ISBN-13: 9788171565788, 978-8171565788
    Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (p) Ltd (1996)
    Number of Pages: 152

  29. The Bhagavad Gita, or The Message of the Master (1911)
    Translation & commentary by: Yogi Ramacharaka (1862--1932)
    ISBN: 1602066728; ISBN-13: 9781602066724, 978-1602066724
    Publisher: Cosimo Classics (Jun 2007); Originally: The Yogi Publication Socity, Chicago, Ill. -- the digitization source.
    Number of Pages: 192

    Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive. Book contributor for digitization: University of California Libraries.

  30. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Mahatma Gandhi
    Publisher: Berkeley Hills Books (Sep 2000)
    ISBN: 1893163113; ISBN-13: 9781893163119
    Paperback: 245 pages

  31. Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Tattvavivechani
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Jayadayal Goendka
    Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2006)
    ISBN: 81-293-0031-1
    Number of pages: 798

  32. Srimad Bhagavad Gita: Sadhaka Sanjivani
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Ramsukhdas (into Hindi); S. C. Vaishya (into English)
    Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur (1989)
    Number of pages: 919 pages

  33. Bhagavad Gita, with the annotation GûDhârtha Dîpikâ
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Madhusudana Saraswati (Commentary) & Swami Gambhirananda (translation)
    Publisher: Vedanta Press (2009)
    ISBN: 81-7505-194-9
    1038 pages hardback

  34. Bhagavad Gita GûDhârtha Dîpikâ
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Madhusudana Saraswati (Commentary) & Sisir Kumar Gupta (translation)
    Publisher: Motilal Banarsidas (1977)
    ISBN: ???

  35. Bhagavad Gita: the Song of God
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood
    Publisher: Signet Classics (July 2, 2002) ISBN: 0451528441; ISBN-13: 978-0451528445
    Paperback: 144 pages

  36. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Lars Martin Fosse
    Publisher: YogaVidya.com (2007)
    ISBN 978-0-97164667-7-4

  37. Srimadbhagavadgita
    Translation & commentary by: Ramanand Prasad
    Publisher: Internation Gita Society (1988).
    ISBN: 0962109924

  38. Srimad Bhagawad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Swaroopananda
    Publisher: Advaitha Ashram, Calcutta (1909)
    ISBN: ???

  39. Srimad Bhagawad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Vireshwarananda
    Publisher: Sri Ramakrishna Mutt, Madras (1948)
    ISBN: ???

  40. Srimad Bhagawad Gita, with the Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya (1901)
    Translation & commentary by: Alladi Mahadev Sastry
    ISBN: na
    Publisher: G. T. A. Printing Works, Mysore
    Digitizing sponsor: MSN.
    Book contributor for digitization: University of California Libraries.

  41. Srimad Bhagawad Gita Saranagati: Surrender to the Divine
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Sivananda Sarasvati
    ISBN: ???
    Publisher: Divine Life Society (???)

  42. The Bhagavad Gita( Series - Suny Series In Cultural Perspectives )
    Translation & commentary by: Winthrop Sargeant
    ISBN: 0873958306; ISBN-13: 9780873958301, 978-0873958301
    Publisher: State University Of New York Press (1994/04/01)
    Number of Pages: 739

  43. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Arun Kukreja
    ISBN: 8129104342; ISBN-13: 9788129104342, 978-8129104342
    Publisher: Rupa & Co (2004)
    Number of Pages: 34

  44. The Bhagavad Gita, Or, The Sacred Lay: A Sanskrit Philosophical Poem (1893)
    Translation & commentary by: John Davies
    ISBN: 8129109689; ISBN-13: 9788129109682, 978-8129109682
    Publisher: Rupa & Co / Dakshin (2006); Originally: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner (1893)-- the digitization source. Digitizing sponsor: Google. Book contributor for digitization: University of California.

  45. The Bhagavad Gita: The Book Of Devotion, 1946
    Translation & commentary by: William Q. Judge
    ISBN: 0548056455; ISBN-13: 9780548056455, 978-0548056455
    Publisher: Kessinger Publishing (Jul 2007)
    Number of Pages: 150

  46. Shrimad Bhagawad Gita
    Translation & commentary by:
    Publisher: Manoj Publications (2009)
    ISBN: 978-81-8133-704-7

  47. Bhagavad-Gita
    Translation & commentary by: R. C. Zaehner
    Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 15, 1973)
    ISBN-10: 0195018881
    Paperback: 496 pages

  48. Bhagavad Gita: The Dialogue
    Translation & commentary by: Krishnanand Hegde (e-mail: bkhegde AT lycos DOT com)
    Publisher: Backend Bangalore Pvt. Ltd. (2006)
    ISBN: 81-87778-55-1

  49. Srimad Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: J. C. Joshi
    Publisher: Sahni Publications (2006)
    ISBN: 81-7564-175-4

  50. Shrimad Bhagavad Gita: Krishna, the Charioteer
    Translation & commentary by: Ramesh Tiwari
    Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (2009)
    ISBN: 81-283-1467-7

  51. The Bhagavad Gîtâ; or, The Lord's lay. With commentary and notes, as well as references to the Christian scriptures..
    Translation & commentary by: Mohini M. Chatterji
    Publisher: Boston Ticknor (1887)
    ISBN: not applicable
    Digitizing sponsor: MSN.
    Book contributor for digitization: University of Toronto.

  52. The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtya; and the Anugîtâ
    Translation & commentary by: Telang, Kashinath Trimbak, 1850-1893
    Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon press (1882)
    ISBN: not applicable
    Digitizing sponsor: Google.
    Book contributor for digitization: Harvard University.

  53. Bhagavad Gita: The Songs of the Master (1908)
    Translation & commentary by: Charles Johnston
    Publisher: Quarterly Book Dept. (1908)
    ISBN: na
    Digitizing sponsor: Google.
    Book contributor for digitization: Harvard University.

  54. The Bhagavad-Gita : with Samskrit text, free translation into English, a word-for-word translation, and an introduction on Samskrit grammar (1905)
    Translation & commentary by: Annie Besant
    Publisher: Theosophical Publishing Society (London)
    ISBN: na
    Digitizing sponsor: MSN.
    Book contributor for digitization: University of California Libraries.

  55. Srimad-Bhagavad-gita; or, The Blessed Lord's song; (1913)
    Translation & commentary by: Paramananda, Swami, 1884-1940,
    Publisher: The Vedanta Centre (Boston)
    ISBN: na
    Digitizing sponsor: Google.
    Book contributor for digitization: University of California Libraries.

  56. Gita Makaranda (1980)
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Vidyaprakashananda.
    Publisher: Sri Suka Brahma Ashram (Kalahasti)
    Digitizing sponsor: S.V. Digital Library, T.T.D, Tirupati, India

  57. The Bhagavad Gita (1928)
    Translation & commentary by: W. Douglas P. Hill
    ISBN (Hardbound): 0195600398
    Available at Google books!

  58. The Living Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Sri Swami Satchidananda
    Publisher: Integral Yoga Publications (January 15, 1997)
    ISBN: 0932040276, 978-093204027
    Available at Amazon.org.

  59. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Antonio T. De Nicolas
    Publisher: Nicolas-Hays (December 1990)
    ISBN: 0892540184, 978-0892540181

  60. Bhagavadgita
    Translation & commentary by: Vrinda Nabar and Shanta Tumkur
    Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Limited (1997)
    ISBN: 1 85326 1971

  61. Bhagavad Gita for Modern Times
    Translation & commentary by: Swami Sadashiva Tirtha
    Publisher: B. Jain Pubslihers
    ISBN: 9788131907245

  62. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & Commentary by: Laurie L. Patton
    Publisher: Penguin
    ISBN 9780140447903

  63. The Bhagavadgita in the Mahabharata
    Translation & commentary by: J. A. B. van Buitenen
    Publisher: University of Chicago Press
    ISBN: 9780226846620.

  64. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Shukavak N. Dasa
    Publisher: Sri Publications.
    ISBN 1-889756-32-6.

  65. Bhagavad Gita: A New English Translation
    Translation: Stephen Mitchell
    Publisher: Harmony Books, 2000
    ISBN: 060960550X, 978-0609605509.

  66. Bhagavad Gita: The Beloved Lord's Secret Love Song
    Translation: Graham Schweig
    Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 2007
    ISBN: 0060754257, 9780060754259

  67. The Bhagavad-Gita
    Translation & commentary by: Bhagavan Das and Annie Besant
    Publisher: Theosophical Society Publications (Madras)
    ISBN: 8170592895; 9788170592891, 978-8170592891
    Year: 1905

  68. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation, commentary & gloss: Sridhara Swami and Swami Vireshwarananda
    Publisher: Ramakrishna Math (Madras) (1950).
    ISBN 81-7120-402-3

  69. Bhagavad Gita
    Translation: Dr. Sunil Kumar Sarker
    Publisher: Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (New Delhi)
    Year: 1996

  70. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation: Geoffrey Parrinder
    Publisher: One World
    ISBN13: 9781851689880
    Year: 2014

  71. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation: Juan Mascaro
    Publisher: Penguin (2003)
    ISBN: 0140449183, 978-0140449181

  72. Srimad Bhagavad Gita
    Translation: Ramesh Menon
    Publisher: Rupa (2009)
    ISBN: 812911447X, 978-8129114471

  73. The Bhagavad Gita
    Translation: Bibek Debroy
    Publisher: Penguin (2005)
    ISBN: 0144000687, 978-0144000685

Contributions to this list gratefully received from (chronologically):

  1. Dr. Sastry Ramachandrula
  2. Dr. Shreedhar Inamdar
  3. Dr. Sumit Chand
  4. Swami Dhyaanagamyaananda

Last updated: Apr 18, 2015.