# GyanGita

> GyanGita (gyangita.com) is a free, ad-free guide to the Bhagavad Gita. All 700 verses (701 in this edition, which includes 13.1) have the original Sanskrit, a transliteration, a literal English translation, a Hindi translation and a plain-English explanation written for modern readers, plus traditional commentaries.

The Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse conversation from the Indian epic Mahabharata, more than 2,000 years old, in which Krishna counsels the warrior Arjuna, who is paralysed by doubt on the eve of battle. It covers the self, action without anxiety about results, the mind, meditation, devotion and character. GyanGita presents it without jargon for people anywhere in the world.

URL patterns:
- Verse: https://gyangita.com/chapter/{chapter}/verse/{verse} (e.g. https://gyangita.com/chapter/2/verse/47)
- Chapter: https://gyangita.com/chapter/{1-18}
- Verses for a feeling: https://gyangita.com/mood/{feeling}

## Start here
- [Beginner's guide](https://gyangita.com/start): what the Gita is, the story, six big ideas, glossary
- [All 18 chapters](https://gyangita.com/bhagavad-gita): plain-English titles and summaries
- [Verses for every feeling](https://gyangita.com/moods): anxiety, anger, grief, loneliness, lack of motivation and more
- [The Gita in 18 stories](https://gyangita.com/gita-in-18-stories): the whole story in 18 one-sentence chapters, made for phones
- [Bhagavad Gita summary](https://gyangita.com/bhagavad-gita-summary): the whole book in 60 seconds, six lessons and every chapter summarised
- [Best Bhagavad Gita quotes](https://gyangita.com/bhagavad-gita-quotes): 108 short, shareable lines in 12 themes (work, letting go, fear, the mind, peace, anger, success, love, the soul, self-worth, habits, faith), each linked to its verse

## Chapters
- [Chapter 1: A hero falls apart](https://gyangita.com/chapter/1): Arjuna Visada Yoga — Arjuna's Dilemma, 47 verses
- [Chapter 2: Who you really are](https://gyangita.com/chapter/2): Sankhya Yoga — Transcendental Knowledge, 72 verses
- [Chapter 3: Why action matters](https://gyangita.com/chapter/3): Karma Yoga — Path of Selfless Service, 43 verses
- [Chapter 4: Wisdom in action](https://gyangita.com/chapter/4): Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action, 42 verses
- [Chapter 5: Freedom while fully engaged](https://gyangita.com/chapter/5): Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Path of Renunciation, 29 verses
- [Chapter 6: Taming the mind](https://gyangita.com/chapter/6): Dhyana Yoga — Path of Meditation, 47 verses
- [Chapter 7: Seeing the divine in everything](https://gyangita.com/chapter/7): Gyaan Vigyana Yoga — Self-Knowledge and Enlightenment, 30 verses
- [Chapter 8: What lasts beyond death](https://gyangita.com/chapter/8): Akshara Brahma Yoga — Path of the Eternal God, 28 verses
- [Chapter 9: The open secret](https://gyangita.com/chapter/9): Raja Vidya Yoga — Yoga through the King of Sciences, 34 verses
- [Chapter 10: Glimpses of the infinite](https://gyangita.com/chapter/10): Vibhooti Yoga — Yoga through Appreciating the Infinite Opulences of God, 42 verses
- [Chapter 11: The vision of everything](https://gyangita.com/chapter/11): Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga — Yoga through Beholding the Cosmic Form of God, 55 verses
- [Chapter 12: The path of love](https://gyangita.com/chapter/12): Bhakti Yoga — The Yoga of Devotion, 20 verses
- [Chapter 13: The field and the knower](https://gyangita.com/chapter/13): Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga — Yoga through Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field, 35 verses
- [Chapter 14: The three moods of nature](https://gyangita.com/chapter/14): Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga — Yoga through Understanding the Three Modes of Material Nature, 27 verses
- [Chapter 15: The upside-down tree](https://gyangita.com/chapter/15): Purushottama Yoga — The Yoga of the Supreme Divine Personality, 20 verses
- [Chapter 16: Two kinds of character](https://gyangita.com/chapter/16): Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga — Yoga through Discerning the Divine and Demoniac Natures, 24 verses
- [Chapter 17: You are what you trust](https://gyangita.com/chapter/17): Sraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga — Yoga through Discerning the Three Divisions of Faith, 28 verses
- [Chapter 18: Letting go — and standing up](https://gyangita.com/chapter/18): Moksha Sanyaas Yoga — Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender, 78 verses

## Feelings
- [anger](https://gyangita.com/mood/anger)
- [sinful](https://gyangita.com/mood/sinful)
- [forgiveness](https://gyangita.com/mood/forgiveness)
- [death](https://gyangita.com/mood/death)
- [peace](https://gyangita.com/mood/peace)
- [lust](https://gyangita.com/mood/lust)
- [uncontrolled mind](https://gyangita.com/mood/uncontrolled-mind)
- [envy](https://gyangita.com/mood/envy)
- [discrimination](https://gyangita.com/mood/discrimination)
- [laziness](https://gyangita.com/mood/laziness)
- [loneliness](https://gyangita.com/mood/loneliness)
- [depression](https://gyangita.com/mood/depression)
- [confusion](https://gyangita.com/mood/confusion)
- [fear](https://gyangita.com/mood/fear)
- [greed](https://gyangita.com/mood/greed)
- [pride](https://gyangita.com/mood/pride)
- [demotivated](https://gyangita.com/mood/demotivated)
- [temptation](https://gyangita.com/mood/temptation)
- [forgetfulness](https://gyangita.com/mood/forgetfulness)
- [losing hope](https://gyangita.com/mood/losing-hope)

## Optional
- [Full text in plain English](https://gyangita.com/llms-full.txt): every verse in simple words and in plain English, with Sanskrit, transliteration and a literal translation
- [Verse wallpapers](https://gyangita.com/wallpapers)