Text sources and reuse

Sanskrit

The ancient Sanskrit text is in the public domain. Sacred Gita keeps its existing 701-verse numbering, including Arjuna's opening question as chapter 13, verse 1. Word separation restores Sanskrit forms for beginner practice; the combined verse preserves the received text.

English, Hindi and word meanings

Adapted from OccultGuide's Bhagavad Gita, translated and edited by Gaurav Verma. Copyright © 2026 OccultGuide. Retrieved October 1, 2026. OccultGuide expressly permits reuse and adaptation, including commercial reuse, under the Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

Our adapted English and Hindi translations, word definitions and text data are available under that same license. You may copy, redistribute and adapt them, including commercially, with credit, a license link, an indication of changes, and the same license for adaptations. No additional restriction is imposed on these text materials.

Download the complete reusable text edition. It includes every verse, its source link, the adapted translations and the word meanings. A browser copy is also freely available at this unrestricted text download; no account or app is required.

What we changed

We added speaker labels, separated compounds into meaningful components, corrected selected word definitions and three full translations, and aligned each definition with its Sanskrit word. We also applied 39 copying, spelling or line-wrap repairs in the existing Sanskrit, including the missing Om at 17:23. Source chapter 13, verses 0–34, maps to app verses 1–35. These editorial adaptations use AI assistance, complete checks for coverage and alignment, and targeted review of meaning. They are a learning aid, not a certified scholarly edition.

The Sanskrit, its pronunciation, a word's literal meaning and a full verse translation serve different purposes. A compound's components help with study; their meanings do not always form a natural English or Hindi sentence when read in Sanskrit order.

Artwork and corrections

The paintings were generated for Sacred Gita and its associated teachings. They are separate from the licensed text edition; the text license does not grant rights to the artwork or the app's other assets.

To report a wording or alignment problem, send the chapter, verse and word to info@instanthpi.ai.