Bhagavad Gita

translated by ramanand prasad

Hinduism’s most important, and popular, sacred text is the Bhagawad Gita, or ‘Song of the Lord’ – a poem of about 700 verses. It is just one section of the Mahabharata (‘Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty’), a work of 100,000 Sanskrit couplets, and is the longest poem ever written. It was composed between 200 BC and 200 AD by a series of venerated scribes, some of which were later deified by some Hindus.

1 – Arjun’s dilemma

2 – Transcendental knowledge

3 – Path of karmic yoga

4 – Path of renunciation with Knowledge

5 – Path of renunciation

6 – Path of meditation

7 – Self-knowledge and self-realisation

8 – Imperishable brahman

9 – Supreme knowledge and the big mystery

10 – Manifestation of the absolute

11 – Vision of the cosmic form

12 – Path of devotion

13 – Creation and creator

14 – Three gunas of nature

15 – Supreme spirit

16 – Divine and demonic qualities

17 – Threefold faith

18 – Nirvana through renunciation

NEW: Mesopotamia

Explore the ancient writings of Mesopotamia, with our newly hosted texts from Sumer and Babylon. Also added are comparative studies of Sumerian and Assyrian legend in comparison to the Old Testament - all at the new Mesopotamia section.