Bhagavad Gita
Read each numbered verse in Sanskrit beside Annie Besant's English from her 1922 edition. The text is public domain.
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Sanskrit and English: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad-Gita, fourth edition, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922. Public domain. Wikisource.
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How to use it
- Choose a chapter.
- Read the Sanskrit, then the English of the same verse.
- Footnotes from the edition sit at the end of the chapter.
The edition on this page
The Sanskrit and the English are from Annie Besant, The Bhagavad-Gita, fourth edition, G. A. Natesan and Co., Madras, 1922. That book is public domain. Each verse is kept as the edition prints it, including the spelling and the footnotes.
The numbered verses follow the seven-hundred-verse text. Chapter 13 opens with Arjuna's question, which this edition also prints, and the numbered verses of that chapter then begin with the body called the Field. A heading shows the number used on this page. The verse number printed in the Devanagari is the edition's own number.
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Questions
Whose English is this?
Annie Besant's, from the fourth edition of 1922, published by G. A. Natesan and Co. in Madras. It is public domain.
Are all the numbered verses here?
Yes. The eighteen chapters carry the seven hundred numbered verses, in Sanskrit and in Besant's English.
Why does chapter 13 open with a question?
This edition prints Arjuna's question there, and then numbers the following verses. The page keeps that question, and the numbered verses follow the seven-hundred-verse text, beginning “This body”.
What do the small numbers in the English mean?
They are Besant's footnotes. The note text is collected at the end of the chapter.
Can I read one verse on its own?
Yes. Choose the chapter, then use the verse heading. A link such as chapter 2, verse 47, opens that verse.
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