Srimad Bhagavat Gita

18 Chapters || 701 Shlokas

🕉️ Introduction ▼

The Bhagavad Gita is the Supreme Hindu text.
This is often referred to as ‘The Song Of God.
This is part of the great epic ‘Mahabharata’.
This is seen in the chapters 23 – 40 of Bhisma Parva of Mahabharata.
Bhagavad Gita has over 700 shlokas [verse].
Bhagavad Gita event took place at the Kuruksetra battlefield just prior to the commencement of the war.
The Gita is a discussion between the Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide & charioteer Bhagavan Sri Krishna.
At the start of the war between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna saw the armies of the both sides in Kuruksetra.
Both the sides included his fathers, grandfathers, teachers, maternal uncles, brothers, sons, grandsons, friends, father-in-law, and well-wishers.
By seeing this, Arjuna got confused whether he needs to engage in war or not.
He became distressed with much grief.
The thinking he had was, ‘Is it moral to kill, that too to kill his own kinsmen for the sake of getting the kingdom and the pleasure?’.
He raised these questions to Bhagavan Sri Krishna.
Further, he said to Bhagavan Sri Krishna that he will not engage in war in citing these and many more dilemmas of life including the divine and sinful actions.
So, he looked for Bhagavan Sri Krishna 's counsel.
The setting up of the war, Arjuna’s questions, Bhagavan Sri Krishna ‘s answers and narration constitute the whole of Bhagavad Gita.