A reading companion · Dr. USP
Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit, Hindi & English
A lifetime of questions.
Read the eighteen chapters at your own pace. Hear the Sanskrit, compare Hindi and English meanings, and return to the questions that stay with you.
The complete reading path
Eighteen chapters. One unfolding conversation.
The Gita begins with a pause on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Arjuna’s questions draw Krishna into a dialogue about action, knowledge, attention, devotion, and freedom. Choose a chapter below, or follow the conversation from its opening scene.
01 · Read
Begin with the verse
Give the Sanskrit room. Open the Roman transliteration when useful, then read the Hindi and English meanings alongside it.
02 · Listen
Let the sound guide you
Each chapter links to Chinmaya Mission’s chanting resource. Listen at your own pace, and repeat a passage when needed.
03 · Reflect
Stay with a question
Use the introductions, key terms, and questions to revisit the text. Save a passage on your browser, or share its verse link.
A note on editions. Chapter 13 includes Arjuna’s opening question and therefore has 35 numbered verses here. Editions that omit this question use 34. The remaining chapter numbers follow the familiar arrangement.
Text, translation, and listening notes
- English and Hindi readings draw on the original chapter on Dr. USP’s website. Selected verse alignment and text corrections have been made for this reading edition.
- The ancient Sanskrit text is public domain. The digital Sanskrit text was checked against the Gita/Gita text dataset; Heritage IITKanpur offers further translations and commentaries.
- Listening links open Chinmaya Mission’s chanting resource in another tab. The recording belongs to its respective rights holder. Audio is not downloaded by this page.
- Introductions, key terms, and reflection prompts are study aids for this companion; they are separate from the verse translations.