The Bhagavad-Gītā, with the Commentary of Śrī Śaṅkarāchārya

Adi Shankara

Translated by Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

19 chapters · about 8 h

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The opening

FIRST DISCOURSE. THE DESPONDENCY OF ARJUNA.

THE DESPONDENCY OF ARJUNA.

Sanjaya narrates the course of the war.

Dhntarash/ra said:

I. What did FiVidns sons and mine do when they assembled together on the sacred plain of Kurukshetra eager for battle, O Sa;«jaya?

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About this edition

The words
Alladi Mahadeva Sastri's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • Page numbers and running heads from the printed pages, in 34 places
  • The source website's menus, layout and notices, in 3 places
  • The series half-title (“VEDIC RELIGION … TMB BMASAITAB-MTA,” as the OCR reads it) (3 blocks)
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • A library mark and the printer's imprint (“CARPENTIER”, “PRINTED AT The G, T. A. Printing Works, MYSORE.”) (3 blocks)
  • Other material that isn't the author's, in 9 places
  • The printed table of contents (the app makes its own), in 2 places
  • A speck above the title line (“A A”)
  • Printed ornaments and dividers, in 4 places
  • Scan speck (“«”) (3 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“V”) (3 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“r”) (2 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“w”)
  • Scan speck (“I”) (9 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“*^”)
  • Scan speck (“k”)
  • Scan speck (“■■o^”)
  • Scan speck (“i”) (2 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“y”)
  • Scan speck (“n”)
  • Scan speck (“p”)
  • Scan speck (“h”)
  • Scan speck (“IZL”)
  • Scan speck (“y^^”)
  • Scan speck (“ZZ-”)
  • Scan speck (“X”)
  • Scan speck (“4”)
  • Scan speck (“m”)
  • Scan speck (“A”) (2 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“;^-.”) (2 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“^-”)
  • Scan speck (“/”) (2 blocks)
  • Scan speck (“o”)
  • Scan speck (“v-^^”)
  • Scan speck (“fl^”)
  • Scan speck (“/A,”)
  • Scan speck (“W”)
  • Scan speck (“O”)
  • Scan speck (“r*^ ^ ^^”)
  • Scan speck (“v”)
  • Scan speck (“U-^”)
  • Scan speck (“l^”)
  • Scan speck (“-”)
  • Scan speck (“v/”)
  • Scan speck (“'O”)
  • Scan speck (“^”)
  • Scan speck (“%”)
  • The closing line (“FINIS.”)