The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is (BGAII) is the translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita (BG) by A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).

For each verse, the book includes the original devanagari script, a Roman transliteration, word-for-word Sanskrit-English meanings, a translation, and an extensive commentary based on Ramanuja Bhasya (in Sanskrit), Sarartha-varsini-tika (Sanskrit) by Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura, Gita-bhusana-tika (Sanskrit) by Baladeva Vidyabhushana and Bhaktivinode Thakur's Bengali commentaries. Thus

Prabhupada wrote in the tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism and the members of ISKCON consider the book authoritative and BG literally true (mukhya-vrtti). Like most Hindus they regard the BG as the essence of the Vedic knowledge and the Upanishads.

He grew up in Calcutta (Kolkata), where he attended Protestant-run Scottish Church College, Calcutta between 1918 and 1920 and was exposed to Christian philosophy.

This translation is probably the one most sold outside India due to the efforts of the conspicuous Hare Krishna devotees on the streets, in airports, and in other public places. The book also enjoys brisk sales within India. It has

The book offers guidance not only in directly spiritual questions but also in social matters. Socially, the BGAII suggests a way of life derived from the Manu Smriti and other books of Hindu religious and social law applied for the contemporary Western world. Human society should be divided into four Varnas (brahmana - intellectuals, kshatriya - administrators, vaishya – merchants, shudra - workers), but, in contrast to common notions, one becomes a member of one of these groups not by birth but by one's personal qualities (guna) and the work (karma) one actually performs (). Society is best ruled by a benevolent kshatriya sovereign, who is to govern according to rules set by scriptural tradition and preserved by the brahmana priesthood representing a spiritual leadership. The kshatriya sovereign (like courts in many democratic states) may also order capital punishment.

Brahmanas, elders, women, children and cows should benefit from special protection. Animals, especially cows, should be preserved from slaughter. People should best become vegetarians and the economical basis of society should be agriculture. Married women should be "chaste and faithful" to men, and men in their turn should take responsibility and give both material and spiritual protection to women. Society should be "Krishna conscious," devoted to Krishna (God) and engaged in spiritual activities. In a democracy, the people should elect God conscious leaders.

The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is is published by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.