India, Dec. 7 -- The Bhagavad Gita was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in April this year. This recognition highlights its global significance. The Gita has been translated into all major languages of the world. The largest number of commentaries in various languages across the world have been written on the Gita itself.

The British scholar Charles Wilkins translated the Gita into English in 1785 as Bhagvat Geeta, or Dialogues of Krishna and Arjun. In 1787, AJ Parraud translated the Gita into French. In 1823, August Schlegel translated the Gita into German, and the German poet Friedrich Schlegel wrote a commentary on it. The distinguished British poet and journalist Edwin Arnold published a poetic English translation o...