I had recently transcreated Shrimad Bhagavad Geeta in Marathi verse form, albeit in somewhat free form without any straightjacketed construction discipline of metre which is called as vrutta in Marathi. The form I used is called muktachhand. Later, I was inspired to transcreate Marathi Geeta following metre discipline. I constructed verses mostly in Bhujangprayat vrutta and hence they will sound like "Manache Shlok" by Samarth Ramdas Swami. Only a few verses are in other vruttas like Vasanttilaka, Malini, Pruthvi and Shardoolvikreedit. Such a construction makes it easy to recite and memorise the verses. Also, for native Marathi speakers who may not be much familiar with Sanskrit, the original language of Geeta, reading Geeta in their mother tongue makes a direct impact on their minds, thereby helping digest the Geeta philosophy much better.
The first chapter of Geeta has many verses describing the warriors on both sides and their weapons and...