About This Study

This website is an interactive companion for studying the Bhagavad Gita. It brings together multiple English translations and classical Sanskrit commentaries so students can read each verse through multiple lenses simultaneously.

Translations

• ✦Gambhirananda — Advaita Vedanta perspective, precise and scholarly
• ✦Adidevananda — Vishishtadvaita (Ramanujas school)
• ✦Zaehner — Comparative religion, Oxford scholarly edition
• ✦Sivananda — Practical Vedanta, accessible commentary
• ✦Bhaktivedanta — Vaishnava Bhakti tradition (ISKCON)
• ✦Radhakrishnan — Neo-Vedanta, philosophical synthesis
• ✦Gemini (AI) — AI-generated translation for comparison

Commentaries

• ✦Śaṅkara — The great Advaita Vedantin (8th century CE); non-dualist interpretation
• ✦Rāmānuja — Vishishtadvaita; theistic, devotional reading (11th–12th century)
• ✦Madhva — Dvaita Vedanta; strict dualism, Vaishnava (13th century)
• ✦Madhusūdana Sarasvatī — Advaita with strong bhakti element (16th century)

AI-Assisted Inquiry

Each verse includes an AI chat powered by Google Gemini. The AI is grounded in the traditional commentaries from the database, drawing on Śaṅkara, Rāmānuja, Madhva, and Madhusūdana before drawing on broader knowledge. It is a study aid, not an authority.