"In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmological philosophy of the Bhagavad-gita, in comparison with which our world and its literature seem puny and trivial." -- Henry David Thoreau

The best known of the Vedic texts, the Bhagavad-gita ("Song of God") is universally renowned as the jewel of India's spiritual wisdom. Spoken by Lord Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, to his intimate devotee, Arjuna, the Gita's seven hundred concise verses, written in Sanskrit, provide a definitive guide to the science of self-realization.Dating back 5000 years, it is sacred to nearly a billion people today. This exalted work has been praised by scholars and leaders the world over.

Mahatma Gandhi said, "When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face and I see not one ray of hope, I turn to the Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me." Indeed, no work even compares in its revelations of man's essential nature, his environment and, ultimately, his relationship with God.

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Bhagavad Gita text

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