"The song of the Lord" — Krishna’s teaching to Arjuna on the eve of the great battle. The single most influential and widely-read Hindu scripture: 700 verses on duty, devotion, knowledge, and the nature of the Self.
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Tradition
Smṛti. Bhagavad Gītā occurs as a dialogue within the Bhīṣma Parva of the Mahābhārata, but is treated by the tradition as a stand-alone canonical scripture (one of the three pillars of Vedānta along with the Upanishads and the Brahma Sūtras).
Translation
Sir Edwin Arnold, *The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad-Gītā (from the Mahābhārata)* (London: Trübner & Co., 1885). Public domain. A free-verse rendering — the first widely-circulated English Bhagavad Gītā.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.