Bhagvad Gita

Bhagvad Gita (i. e. the Song of the God), also compounded as one word 'Bhagvadgita', is a poem introduced in the Mahabharata. It is known for the a series of mystical lectures addressed by Krishna to his royal pupil Arjuna just before the battle of Mahabharata, from which Arjuna shrunk, as it was with his own kindred. The whole conceived from the point of view or belief, calculated to allay the scruples of Arjuna, which regards the extinction of existence as absorption in the Deity. It begins with the dialogue between Dhritrashtra and Sanjay. It is divided into three sections, and each section into six chapters. It is also called Upanishad. It ends with an assertion of Sanjay that where there is Yogeshvar Krirshna and the Arjuna, the victory in theirs.

Bhagvadgita, also Srimad Bhagvadgita or simply Gita, is a sacred poem in Hinduism, generally considered the most important among sacred works of Hindu scriptures. It is part of the Mahabharata. It is also known as Gitopnishad, and is part of Yogashashtra of the Brahmvidya. It is presented as a dialogue between the warrior prince Arjuna and his divine charioteer Krishna.

According to some modern scholars it was composed between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD, and incorporated into the Mahabharata.

Lord Krishna preaches warrior Arjuna in the midst of the battlefield of Kurukshetra, just before the beginning or the war between Pandavas and the Kauravas. It teaches Gyan Yoga, Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Sannyasa.

The Bhagavadgita is divided into eighteen chapters in which there are seven hundred shlokas (verses). In Kashmir version of the text, there is one shloka more, making the total number of shlokas to 701.