Bhagavad Gita

About AskGita

AskGita is a free, complete reference to the Bhagavad Gita — all 700 shlokas across 18 chapters, each with the original Sanskrit, IAST transliteration, word-by-word meaning, and full English & Hindi translation, alongside commentary and topic-wise guides for everyday life.

What you’ll find

  • • All 700 verses of the Bhagavad Gita, in English and Hindi.
  • • Sanskrit with transliteration and word-by-word meaning for each verse.
  • • 72 topic guides applying the Gita to real situations — anxiety, dharma, grief, work, relationships and more.
  • • Search across every shloka, and a guide that answers life questions with the exact verses cited.

Sources & method

Accuracy with the scripture comes first. The Sanskrit is taken only from authoritative editions and is never altered; verses still awaiting verification are kept out of search results rather than published unverified.

Sanskrit text
Reproduced from authoritative editions of the Bhagavad Gita. The Devanagari and transliteration are never paraphrased or auto-generated — only verified source text is published.
English translation
Based on the translation of Swami Sivananda (The Divine Life Society).
Hindi translation
Based on the translation of Swami Ramsukhdas (Gita Press, Gorakhpur).
Commentary
Explanatory commentary is synthesised from classical and modern sources — the Bhāṣya of Adi Shankaracharya, and the commentaries of Swami Chinmayananda, Swami Vivekananda and Swami Prabhupada (Gita Press, Gorakhpur).

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