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.
- 18
- Chapters
- 700
- Verses
- Sanskrit
- With transliteration
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कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्
Verse of the Day
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदु:खदा: आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत
mātrā-sparśhās tu kaunteya śhītoṣhṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāns-titikṣhasva bhārata
Chapter 2, Text 14
Krishna names the sensory contacts of heat, cold, pleasure and pain as fleeting — they come and go, and Arjuna is told to simply tolerate them, not conquer or escape them. The instruction is strikingly practical, not mystical.
The Eighteen Chapters
Explore the three sacred divisions of the Bhagavad-gītā. Click any division below to jump to its chapters.
