Bhagavadgita: The Celestial Song

The Bhagavadgītā belongs to the VI book of the Mahābhārata, the great Indian epic attributed to the legendary Vyāsa. It is a poetic and philosophical work which in time is placed in the V century B.C. Together with the Brahmasūtra and the classical Upaniṣads it constitutes the Praśthānatraya, the "Threefold Science" of Vedānta.

The Bhagavadgītā came to light in a moment of both contrasts and new inner requirements of the Indian people. It contributed to the vitality of the upaniṣadic flame o...