Concepts
Sanskrit terms and living questions, with verse doors and more than one commentary voice.
- धर्मःdharmaḥ
What is dharma — and what is my dharma?
What the Gītā means by dharma, and why your dharma may not look like anyone else's.
- कर्मयोगःkarmayogaḥ
If wisdom is higher than action, why act at all?
Arjuna's own objection — if knowledge frees you, why bother acting at all — and the Gītā's answer.
- आत्माātman
What is the self that cannot die?
What survives the body, according to the verses that first named it — and what the Upaniṣads had already said.
- कुरुक्षेत्रम्kurukṣetram
Why is this taught on a battlefield?
Why the deepest teaching on non-attachment arrives inside a war, and what the tradition has made of that.
- निष्कामकर्मniṣkāma-karma
What does 'your right is to action, never to its fruits' actually mean?
The most-quoted verse in the Gītā — and what it does not say.
- शरणागतिःśaraṇāgatiḥ
What does 'abandon all dharmas and take refuge in Me alone' really mean?
The Gītā's final word — and the line whole schools part over.
- समत्वम्samatvam
Does equanimity mean suppressing grief, love, or moral urgency?
The Gītā defines yoga once — as evenness. Toward what?
- अभ्यासःabhyāsaḥ
How can the restless mind actually be controlled?
The mind is restless as the wind — Krishna agrees. Then what?
- गुणाःguṇāḥ
If nature's guṇas do all action, am I responsible for anything?
Nature does everything, says 3.27 — so who is responsible?
- क्षेत्रज्ञःkṣetrajñaḥ
What are the field and the knower of the field?
The body is the field. Who is the knower?
- अवतारःavatāraḥ
Who is Krishna — and why does he descend age after age?
Whenever dharma declines, I create myself — but how, and why?
- लोकसंग्रहःlokasaṅgrahaḥ
Why should someone already wise keep working?
Janaka was free — and kept ruling. The Gītā says that's the point.
- यज्ञःyajñaḥ
What does sacrifice mean beyond fire ritual?
Sacrifice without a fire altar — the Gītā's widest word for work.
- मोक्षःmokṣaḥ
What is liberation — and does anything of me remain in it?
All traditions promise release. They disagree about the arrival.
- कौशलम्kauśalam
Is 'yoga is skill in action' just a formula for high performance?
The most misquoted definition of excellence in the Gītā.