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The Mahabharata · 18 books

Book 6: Bhishma Parva

The war begins under Bhishma’s command. The Bhagavad Gita places a searching dialogue about action and obligation within the battlefield narrative.

124 reading sections · 147,461 words

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The Bhagavad Gita within the epic

Read Ganguli’s translation in sections 25–42 of this book, beginning with Arjuna’s response to the armies. Our separate Bhagavad Gita edition uses Telang’s translation.

Begin the Gita

Sections

  1. Section 1
  2. Section 2
  3. Section 3
  4. Section 4
  5. Section 5
  6. Section 6
  7. Section 7
  8. Section 8
  9. Section 9
  10. Section 10
  11. Section 11
  12. Section 12
  13. Section 13
  14. Section 14
  15. Section 15
  16. Section 16
  17. Section 17
  18. Section 18
  19. Section 19
  20. Section 20
  21. Section 21
  22. Section 22
  23. Section 23
  24. Section 24
  25. Section 25
  26. Section 26
  27. Section 27
  28. Section 28
  29. Section 29
  30. Section 30
  31. Section 31
  32. Section 32
  33. Section 33
  34. Section 34
  35. Section 35
  36. Section 36
  37. Section 37
  38. Section 38
  39. Section 39
  40. Section 40
  41. Section 41
  42. Section 42
  43. Section 43
  44. Section 44
  45. Section 45
  46. Section 46
  47. Section 47
  48. Section 48
  49. Section 49
  50. Section 50
  51. Section 51
  52. Section 52
  53. Section 53
  54. Section 54
  55. Section 55
  56. Section 56
  57. Section 57
  58. Section 58
  59. Section 59
  60. Section 60
  61. Section 61
  62. Section 62
  63. Section 63
  64. Section 64
  65. Section 65
  66. Section 66
  67. Section 67
  68. Section 68
  69. Section 69
  70. Section 70
  71. Section 71
  72. Section 72
  73. Section 73
  74. Section 74
  75. Section 75
  76. Section 76
  77. Section 77
  78. Section 78
  79. Section 79
  80. Section 80
  81. Section 81
  82. Section 82
  83. Section 83
  84. Section 84
  85. Section 85
  86. Section 86
  87. Section 87
  88. Section 88
  89. Section 89
  90. Section 90
  91. Section 91
  92. Section 92
  93. Section 93
  94. Section 94
  95. Section 95
  96. Section 96
  97. Section 97
  98. Section 98
  99. Section 99
  100. Section 100
  101. Section 101
  102. Section 102
  103. Section 103
  104. Section 104
  105. Section 105
  106. Section 106
  107. Section 107
  108. Section 108
  109. Section 109
  110. Section 110
  111. Section 111
  112. Section 112
  113. Section 113
  114. Section 114
  115. Section 115
  116. Section 116
  117. Section 117
  118. Section 118
  119. Section 119
  120. Section 120
  121. Section 121
  122. Section 122
  123. Section 123
  124. Section 124

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