Commentators see the setting of the Gita in a battlefield as an allegory for the ethical and moral struggles of the human life.Īll the 18 chapters in the holy book 📙 cover the transcendental path of the living thing's life cycle right from birth till death inscribe challenges, outcomes, and kind of existence to the material world.

Advaita Vedanta sees the non-dualism of Atman and Brahman as its essence, whereas Bhedabheda and Vishishtadvaita see Atman and Brahman as both different and non-different, and Dvaita sees them as different. Numerous commentaries have been written on the Bhagavad Gita with widely differing views on the essentials. In the form of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide Lord Krishna it presents a synthesis of the Brahmanical concept of Dharma with bhakti, the yogic ideals of liberation through jnana, and Samkhya philosophy.The Bhagavad Gita also integrates theism and transcendentalism or spiritual monism, and identifies a God of personal characteristics with the Brahman of the Vedic tradition.

The Bhagavad Gita (Sanskrit: श्रीमद् भगवद् गीता, Śrīmad bhagavad gītā) (Sanskrit: ), The Song of the Bhagavan, often referred to as simply the Gita, is a 700-verse scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.