bhagvad geeta is a part of which great epic
Mahabharata
title: Bhagavad Gita text: Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; , IAST: ', lit. "The Song of God"), often referred to as the Gita"', is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of the Hindu epic "Mahabharata" (chapters 23–40 of the 6th book of Mahabharata). The "Gita" is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Krishna. At the start of the Dharma Yudhha (righteous war) between Pandavas and Kauravas, Arjuna is filled with moral dilemma and despair about the violence and death the war will cause. He wonders if he should renounce title: Bhagavad Gita text: of the "Gita" varies considerably" and depends in part on whether one accepts it to be a part of the early versions of the "Mahabharata", or a text that was inserted into the epic at a later date. The earliest "surviving" components therefore are believed to be no older than the earliest "external" references we have to the "Mahabharata" epic. The "Mahabharata" – the world's longest poem – is itself a text that was likely written and compiled over several hundred years, one dated between "400 BCE or little earlier, and 2nd-century CE, though some claim a few parts can title: Bhagavad Gita text: 1995 novel by Steven Pressfield, and its adaptation as the 2000 golf movie "The Legend of Bagger Vance" by Robert Redford has parallels to the "Bhagavad Gita", according to Steven J. Rosen. Steven Pressfield acknowledges that the "Gita" was his inspiration, the golfer character in his novel is Arjuna, the caddie is Krishna, states Rosen. The movie, however, uses the plot but glosses over the teachings unlike the novel. Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; , IAST: ', lit. "The Song of God"), often referred to as the Gita"', is a 700-verse Hindu scripture in Sanskrit that is part of title: Bhagavad Gita text: "Vyasa Gita", or simply as the "Gita". In the Indian tradition, the "Bhagavad Gita", as well as the epic "Mahabharata" of which it is a part, is attributed to sage "Vyasa", whose full name was "Krishna Dvaipayana". He's been also called "Veda-Vyasa". Another Hindu legend states that Vyasa narrated it while the elephant-headed deity Ganesha broke one of his tusks and wrote down the "Mahabharata" along with the "Bhagavad Gita". Scholars consider Vyasa to be a mythical or symbolic author, in part because Vyasa is also the traditional compiler of the Vedas and the Puranas, texts dated to be from title: Bhagavad Gita text: commentaries in regional vernacular languages for centuries, such as the one by Dnyaneshwar in Marathi language (13th-century). The "Bhagavad Gita" is referred to in the Brahma Sutras, and numerous scholars including Shankara, Bhaskara, Abhinavagupta of Shaivism tradition, Ramanuja and Madhvacharya wrote commentaries on it. Many of these commentators state that the "Gita" is "meant to be a "moksa-shastra" ("moksasatra"), and not a "dharmasastra", an "arthasastra" or a "kamasastra"", states Sharma. The oldest and most influential surviving commentary was published by Adi Shankara (Śaṅkarācārya). Shankara interprets the "Gita" in a monist, nondualistic tradition (Advaita Vedanta). Shankara prefaces his comments by stating