The Gita You LiveThe complete Bhagavad Gita
Find your way
through the conversation.
All eighteen chapters, with Sanskrit, Annie Besant’s historical English translation and guides to the developing dialogue.
Read the beginner’s guideSearch the complete Sanskrit and English text, or a reference such as 2.47.
The crisis & the first teachings
Meet Arjuna in doubt, then follow Krishna’s response.
Action & the mind
Duty, discernment, renunciation and the practice of meditation.
Knowing & loving the Divine
Krishna’s nature, the universal form and the path of devotion.
Discernment & freedom
Nature, the gunas, faith and the conversation’s conclusion.
Our four reading groups are editorial aids. The text follows Besant’s 1922 fourth edition: 701 numbered passages, including Arjuna’s opening question at 13.1. About the edition and numbering.