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श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता

The Bhagavad Gītā

A Traditional & Contemporary Synthesis — with commentary on all 700 shlokas

"When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavadgītā."
— M. K. Gandhi, Young India, 1925
628
Pages
5
Parts
31
Chapters
2026
Year
“
The reader who consults multiple commentaries will often find themselves lost. This book does not choose among them — it reports the tradition of reading.
— from The Bhagavad Gītā, Mukesh Bansal
Table of contents

What this volume contains

01
Part

Front matter

01General Introduction — Reading the Gita with the Tradition
02
Part

Part One · Context

01The Gita in its Setting
02The Philosophical Heritage
03The Eight Commentators in Detail
03
Part

Part Two · The Four Yogas

01Karma Yoga — The Yoga of Action
02Jñāna Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge
03Bhakti Yoga — The Yoga of Devotion
04Dhyāna Yoga — The Yoga of Meditation
05The Saguṇa–Nirguṇa Question
04
Part

Part Three · Synthesis

01Ethics and Character
02The Gita's Integrated Metaphysics
03How the Paths Converge
04The Gita and Its Interlocutors
05
Part

Part Four · Commentary on All 700 Shlokas

01Arjuna Viṣāda Yoga
02Sāṅkhya Yoga
03Karma Yoga
04Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga
05Karma Sannyāsa Yoga
06Dhyāna Yoga
07Jñāna Vijñāna Yoga
08Akṣara Brahma Yoga
09Rāja Vidyā Rāja Guhya Yoga
10Vibhūti Yoga
11Viśvarūpa Darśana Yoga
12Bhakti Yoga
13Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yoga
14Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga
15Puruṣottama Yoga
16Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga
17Śraddhātraya Vibhāga Yoga
18Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

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व्याख्यान

Lectures on this text

· curated from public teachers on YouTube

Watch these in parallel with the book — the same material in another voice usually helps the reading stick.

श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता · सम्पूर्ण व्याख्यान

Bhagavad Gita — the complete lecture series

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York

The Heart of the Bhagavad Gita

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York

Bhagavad Gita for Students

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York

The Gita's Spiritual Approach to Daily Life

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York

Bhagavad Gita — Chapter 1 Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York

The One with Steady Wisdom — Gita Chapter 2

Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
भगवद्गीता · अध्याय ६–९

Bhagavad Gita — Chapters 6, 7, 8 & 9

Swami Mukundananda
JKYog · International Gita Festival
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

Bhagavad Gita — Chapter 18, Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

Swami Mukundananda
JKYog

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