The book is published with the original Sanskrit text, transliteration of Russian, the literal and literary translation and detailed commentary. Although the "Bhagavad-Gita. As it is," reads like a complete work, it really is only an episode of "Mahabharat" epic, which describes the history of past times, up to the Kali Yuga. Just at the beginning of Kali Yuga, about 5000 years ago, Lord Krishna told the "Bhagavad-Gita," his friend and faithful servant to Arjuna. This conversation is one of the greatest philosophical and religious dialogues known to mankind.