Bhagavad-gita
Seven hundred verses,spoken on a battlefield
A conversation between Arjuna and Krishna, recorded in eighteen chapters. Read it straight through, or take one verse a day — both are honourable.
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कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्
Verse of the Day
तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ ज्ञात्वा शास्त्रविधानोक्तं कर्म कर्तुमिहार्हसि
tasmāch chhāstraṁ pramāṇaṁ te kāryākārya-vyavasthitau jñātvā śhāstra-vidhānoktaṁ karma kartum ihārhasi
Chapter 16, Text 24
Therefore let scripture be your authority in deciding what should and should not be done; knowing what is declared there, you ought to act here. A chapter about two dispositions ends by handing over a standard outside oneself — which is precisely what the second disposition lacked.
The Eighteen Chapters
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