https://getvani.app/kshetra/awe-made-his-verses-longer/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/awe-made-his-verses-longer/poster.jpg Awe made his verses longer When Arjuna sees the universal form his verses grow longer, from Bhagavad Gita 11.15 on. Kshetra counts the long verses in chapter 11 and the rest of the Gita. https://getvani.app/kshetra/awe-made-his-verses-longer/awe-made-his-verses-longer.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/cured-twice/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/cured-twice/poster.jpg Cured twice Arjuna says his delusion is gone in Bhagavad Gita 11.1, then says it again in 18.73 after being shaken and taught. Kshetra counts the verses between the two. https://getvani.app/kshetra/cured-twice/cured-twice.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/devotee-and-friend/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/devotee-and-friend/poster.jpg Devotee and friend The Gita was given to a friend. Bhagavad Gita 4.2 and 4.3 say the ancient yoga was lost and is given to Arjuna because he is Krishna's devotee and friend. https://getvani.app/kshetra/devotee-and-friend/devotee-and-friend.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/goosebumps/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/goosebumps/poster.jpg Goosebumps The same bodily sign appears three times in the Gita: fear in Bhagavad Gita 1.29, awe in 11.14 and the narrator's wonder in 18.74. Read the three verses. https://getvani.app/kshetra/goosebumps/goosebumps.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/kshetra/grieve-not/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/grieve-not/poster.jpg Grieve not Krishna's first lesson in Bhagavad Gita 2.11 is about grief, and his last instruction in 18.66 ends with grieve not. Kshetra counts the verses between them. https://getvani.app/kshetra/grieve-not/grieve-not.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/kshetra/joy-and-terror/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/joy-and-terror/poster.jpg Joy and terror Arjuna prays for grace in terror at Bhagavad Gita 11.25 and again in delight at 11.45, with the same words. Kshetra counts the verses between the two. https://getvani.app/kshetra/joy-and-terror/joy-and-terror.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/non-violence-in-a-war-book/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/non-violence-in-a-war-book/poster.jpg Non-violence in a war book The Gita is a war book that keeps saying ahimsa. Bhagavad Gita 16.2 is one of four verses where nonviolence appears. Kshetra counts them in the 700 verses. https://getvani.app/kshetra/non-violence-in-a-war-book/non-violence-in-a-war-book.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/not-the-end/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/not-the-end/poster.jpg Not the end Bhagavad Gita 18.66 is not the end. In 18.68 and 18.69 Krishna speaks of the one who shares the teaching, and promises that no one is dearer to him. https://getvani.app/kshetra/not-the-end/not-the-end.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/one-tear-one-smile/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/one-tear-one-smile/poster.jpg One tear, one smile The Gita has one tear and one smile, nine verses apart: Arjuna's wet eyes in Bhagavad Gita 2.1 and Krishna's smile in 2.10. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/kshetra/one-tear-one-smile/one-tear-one-smile.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/kshetra/set-it-down/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/set-it-down/poster.jpg Set it down The Gita opens on dharma in Bhagavad Gita 1.1 and near the end Krishna says in 18.66 to relinquish all dharmas and take refuge in him. Read both verses. https://getvani.app/kshetra/set-it-down/set-it-down.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/sorry-friend/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/sorry-friend/poster.jpg Sorry, friend After seeing the universal form, Arjuna apologises to his friend in Bhagavad Gita 11.41 to 11.44, asking to be borne with as a friend bears with a friend. https://getvani.app/kshetra/sorry-friend/sorry-friend.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-centre/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-centre/poster.jpg The centre The exact middle of the 700 verses falls between Bhagavad Gita 9.12 and 9.13, where the text turns from the deluded to the devoted. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-centre/the-centre.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-gambler/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-gambler/poster.jpg The gambler Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita 10.36 that of the fraudulent he is gambling. Kshetra counts the list of what he is, from 10.20 to 10.39, and what it claims. https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-gambler/the-gambler.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-infinite-goes-quiet/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-infinite-goes-quiet/poster.jpg The infinite goes quiet Arjuna finally sees who Krishna is, and talks. Bhagavad Gita 11.12 gives Sanjaya's image of a thousand suns, and Kshetra counts who speaks in chapter 11. https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-infinite-goes-quiet/the-infinite-goes-quiet.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-last-word/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-last-word/poster.jpg The last word Krishna does not have the last word in the Gita: the narrator does. Bhagavad Gita 18.78 closes with Sanjaya's firm conviction. Read the verse here. https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-last-word/the-last-word.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-last-words/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-last-words/poster.jpg The last words Krishna's last words in the Gita are two questions, not an order. Bhagavad Gita 18.72 asks if Arjuna has heard and if his delusion is gone. Read the verse. https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-last-words/the-last-words.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-secret-already-said/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-secret-already-said/poster.jpg The secret already said Krishna saves his greatest secret for last in Bhagavad Gita 18.64 and 18.65, then repeats a line he first said in 9.34. Kshetra counts the verses between. https://getvani.app/kshetra/the-secret-already-said/the-secret-already-said.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/kshetra/two-mes/ https://getvani.app/kshetra/two-mes/poster.jpg Two me's Arjuna's last words in chapter one in Bhagavad Gita 1.46 turn on the word me, and Krishna answers with the same word in 4.9. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/kshetra/two-mes/two-mes.mp4 32 2026-10-28 https://getvani.app/angan/baasi-khana/ https://getvani.app/angan/baasi-khana/poster.jpg Baasi khana Nani's rules about stale food and leftovers are in the Bhagavad Gita 17.10, where Krishna sorts food by the mind that craves it. Read the verse in full here. https://getvani.app/angan/baasi-khana/baasi-khana.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/before-you-eat/ https://getvani.app/angan/before-you-eat/poster.jpg Before you eat The prayer many families say before a meal is Bhagavad Gita 4.24, where Krishna calls the offering, the fire and the one who offers all Brahman. Read it here. https://getvani.app/angan/before-you-eat/before-you-eat.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/dhanteras/ https://getvani.app/angan/dhanteras/poster.jpg Dhanteras On Dhanteras India buys gold. Bhagavad Gita 6.8 and 14.24 describe the wise person to whom a clod, a stone and gold look alike. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/angan/dhanteras/dhanteras.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/extra-mirchi/ https://getvani.app/angan/extra-mirchi/poster.jpg Extra mirchi Extra mirchi? Bhagavad Gita 17.9 lists the bitter, sour, salty, hot and burning food of the restless mind and says what it brings. Read the verse in full here. https://getvani.app/angan/extra-mirchi/extra-mirchi.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/ganga-jal/ https://getvani.app/angan/ganga-jal/poster.jpg Ganga jal The Ganga jal kept at home is in the Bhagavad Gita 10.31, where Krishna says that of rivers he is the Ganga. Read the verse and the list around it here. https://getvani.app/angan/ganga-jal/ganga-jal.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/horn-ok-please/ https://getvani.app/angan/horn-ok-please/poster.jpg Horn OK Please Every honk in Indian traffic is a ladder from Bhagavad Gita 2.62 and 2.63: attachment, desire, anger, delusion. Read both verses and the way out here. https://getvani.app/angan/horn-ok-please/horn-ok-please.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/mummy-was-right/ https://getvani.app/angan/mummy-was-right/poster.jpg Mummy was right Eat properly, sleep on time: Bhagavad Gita 6.16 and 6.17 say yoga is for the one who is temperate in food and sleep. Read both verses in full here. https://getvani.app/angan/mummy-was-right/mummy-was-right.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/the-first-yoga-mat/ https://getvani.app/angan/the-first-yoga-mat/poster.jpg The first yoga mat Your yoga mat has an ancestor in Bhagavad Gita 6.11 and 6.12, where Krishna describes a clean place, a firm seat and a gathered mind. Read the verses here. https://getvani.app/angan/the-first-yoga-mat/the-first-yoga-mat.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/the-lamp-inside/ https://getvani.app/angan/the-lamp-inside/poster.jpg The lamp inside Light a diya at the door, then read Bhagavad Gita 10.11, where Krishna says he lights a lamp of knowledge inside you and drives out the dark of not knowing. https://getvani.app/angan/the-lamp-inside/the-lamp-inside.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/the-office-poster/ https://getvani.app/angan/the-office-poster/poster.jpg The office poster The verse on every office wall is Bhagavad Gita 2.47, and it has more than one line. Read all of it, including the line about not clinging to inaction. https://getvani.app/angan/the-office-poster/the-office-poster.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/the-shankh/ https://getvani.app/angan/the-shankh/poster.jpg The shankh Every aarti begins with a shankh, and so does the Gita. Bhagavad Gita 1.12 to 1.16 name the conches that sound before the teaching. Read the verses here. https://getvani.app/angan/the-shankh/the-shankh.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/angan/touch-the-sky/ https://getvani.app/angan/touch-the-sky/poster.jpg Touch the sky The Air Force motto comes from Bhagavad Gita 11.24, spoken by Arjuna in fear at the universal form. Read the verse and what comes just after it here. https://getvani.app/angan/touch-the-sky/touch-the-sky.mp4 32 2026-10-30 https://getvani.app/prashna/form-or-formless/ https://getvani.app/prashna/form-or-formless/poster.jpg Should I pray to a form or the formless Should you pray to a form or the formless? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 12.1 and Krishna answers in 12.2 who he counts closest. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/prashna/form-or-formless/form-or-formless.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/giving-up-letting-go/ https://getvani.app/prashna/giving-up-letting-go/poster.jpg Difference between giving up and letting go What is the difference between giving up and letting go? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 18.1 and Krishna separates sannyasa from tyaga in 18.2. https://getvani.app/prashna/giving-up-letting-go/giving-up-letting-go.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/how-calm-people-behave/ https://getvani.app/prashna/how-calm-people-behave/poster.jpg How do calm people behave How does a calm person speak, sit and walk? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 2.54, and Krishna answers from the inside in 2.55. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/prashna/how-calm-people-behave/how-calm-people-behave.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/more-than-once/ https://getvani.app/prashna/more-than-once/poster.jpg Do we live more than once Do we live more than once? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 4.4, and Krishna says in 4.5 that both have lived many lives and only he remembers them. https://getvani.app/prashna/more-than-once/more-than-once.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/should-i-quit/ https://getvani.app/prashna/should-i-quit/poster.jpg Should I quit Should I quit or keep going? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 5.1 and Krishna answers in 5.2: both paths lead to the good, but acting goes further. https://getvani.app/prashna/should-i-quit/should-i-quit.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/standing-up-to-family/ https://getvani.app/prashna/standing-up-to-family/poster.jpg How to stand up to family How do you stand up to family? Arjuna's question in Bhagavad Gita 2.4 and 2.5 about Bhishma and Drona is where the Gita begins. Read the verses here. https://getvani.app/prashna/standing-up-to-family/standing-up-to-family.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/the-point-of-working/ https://getvani.app/prashna/the-point-of-working/poster.jpg What is the point of working What is the point of working? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 3.1 and Krishna answers in 3.8: action beats inaction, and without it the body cannot go on. https://getvani.app/prashna/the-point-of-working/the-point-of-working.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/what-if-i-fail/ https://getvani.app/prashna/what-if-i-fail/poster.jpg What if I try and fail What if I try and fail? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 6.37 and Krishna answers in 6.40 that no one who does good comes to an evil end. Read the verses. https://getvani.app/prashna/what-if-i-fail/what-if-i-fail.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/what-is-right/ https://getvani.app/prashna/what-is-right/poster.jpg How do I know what is right How do I know what is right? The Gita begins when Arjuna admits in Bhagavad Gita 2.7 that he does not know, and asks Krishna to teach him. Read the verse. https://getvani.app/prashna/what-is-right/what-is-right.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/when-we-die/ https://getvani.app/prashna/when-we-die/poster.jpg What happens when we die What happens when we die? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 8.2 how to know Krishna at the end, and Krishna answers in 8.5. Read both verses here. https://getvani.app/prashna/when-we-die/when-we-die.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/why-cant-i-focus/ https://getvani.app/prashna/why-cant-i-focus/poster.jpg Why can't I focus Why can't I focus? Arjuna says in Bhagavad Gita 6.34 the mind is as hard to hold as the wind, and Krishna answers in 6.35 with practice and letting go. https://getvani.app/prashna/why-cant-i-focus/why-cant-i-focus.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/prashna/why-do-i-do-it/ https://getvani.app/prashna/why-do-i-do-it/poster.jpg Why do I do things I know are bad for me Why do I do things I know are bad for me? Arjuna asks in Bhagavad Gita 3.36 and Krishna names the enemy in 3.37: desire, and the anger that follows. https://getvani.app/prashna/why-do-i-do-it/why-do-i-do-it.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/airavata-and-kamadhenu/ https://getvani.app/patra/airavata-and-kamadhenu/poster.jpg Airāvata and Kāmadhenu Indra's white elephant Airavata and the wish granting cow Kamadhuk are named one verse apart in Bhagavad Gita 10.27 and 10.28. Read the two verses here. https://getvani.app/patra/airavata-and-kamadhenu/airavata-and-kamadhenu.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/conqueror-of-sleep/ https://getvani.app/patra/conqueror-of-sleep/poster.jpg Conqueror of sleep Krishna calls Arjuna Gudakesha, the conqueror of sleep, in Bhagavad Gita 10.20, and tells him where to look: the Self in the heart of every being. https://getvani.app/patra/conqueror-of-sleep/conqueror-of-sleep.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/hanuman-on-the-flag/ https://getvani.app/patra/hanuman-on-the-flag/poster.jpg Hanumān is in the Gītā Hanuman never speaks in the Gita, yet he is on the banner above Arjuna's chariot. Bhagavad Gita 1.20 names Arjuna as the one whose flag bears him. https://getvani.app/patra/hanuman-on-the-flag/hanuman-on-the-flag.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/narada/ https://getvani.app/patra/narada/poster.jpg Nārada Narada, the wandering sage with the vina, is named in Bhagavad Gita 10.26 as the celestial seer Krishna says he is. Read the verse and its place in the list. https://getvani.app/patra/narada/narada.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/prahlada/ https://getvani.app/patra/prahlada/poster.jpg Prahlāda Prahlada, the boy from the Holi story who never stopped believing, is named in Bhagavad Gita 10.30 as the Daitya Krishna says he is. Read the verse here. https://getvani.app/patra/prahlada/prahlada.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/the-blind-king/ https://getvani.app/patra/the-blind-king/poster.jpg The blind king's question The Gita begins with a blind king's question in Bhagavad Gita 1.1, the only verse Dhritarashtra speaks. Every verse after it is the answer. Read it here. https://getvani.app/patra/the-blind-king/the-blind-king.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/the-bow-slips/ https://getvani.app/patra/the-bow-slips/poster.jpg The bow slips Before the first arrow, Arjuna's bow Gandiva slips from his hand in Bhagavad Gita 1.30. The Gita begins with a hero falling apart. Read the verse here. https://getvani.app/patra/the-bow-slips/the-bow-slips.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/the-first-live-commentary/ https://getvani.app/patra/the-first-live-commentary/poster.jpg The first live commentary Sanjaya tells us how we hear the Gita: by the grace of Vyasa, in Bhagavad Gita 18.75. The whole book reaches us through his live commentary. Read it here. https://getvani.app/patra/the-first-live-commentary/the-first-live-commentary.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/the-grandfathers-roar/ https://getvani.app/patra/the-grandfathers-roar/poster.jpg The grandfather's roar Before a single arrow flies, Bhishma roars like a lion and blows his conch in Bhagavad Gita 1.12 to cheer Duryodhana. Read the verse and what follows it. https://getvani.app/patra/the-grandfathers-roar/the-grandfathers-roar.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/the-student/ https://getvani.app/patra/the-student/poster.jpg The student Duryodhana's first words in the Gita are to his teacher Drona, in Bhagavad Gita 1.3, pointing at an army arranged by Drona's own student. Read the verse. https://getvani.app/patra/the-student/the-student.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/vyasa/ https://getvani.app/patra/vyasa/poster.jpg The author in his own book The author in his own book: Krishna names Vyasa among sages in Bhagavad Gita 10.37, in the list of the best of everything. Read the verse and its neighbours. https://getvani.app/patra/vyasa/vyasa.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/patra/wolf-belly/ https://getvani.app/patra/wolf-belly/poster.jpg Wolf-belly Bhima, the strongest man on the field, is called Vrikodara, wolf belly, as he blows his great conch Paundra in Bhagavad Gita 1.15. Read the verse here. https://getvani.app/patra/wolf-belly/wolf-belly.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/atma/ https://getvani.app/shabda/atma/poster.jpg Ātmā What does atma mean in the Gita? Bhagavad Gita 6.5 says raise yourself by yourself, because the self is its own friend and its own enemy. Read the verse. https://getvani.app/shabda/atma/atma.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/bhakti/ https://getvani.app/shabda/bhakti/poster.jpg Bhakti What does bhakti mean in the Gita? Bhagavad Gita 18.55 says it is through devotion that Krishna is known as he truly is. Read the verse and its neighbours. https://getvani.app/shabda/bhakti/bhakti.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/guru/ https://getvani.app/shabda/guru/poster.jpg Guru The first gurus in the Gita are the teachers Arjuna will not fight, in Bhagavad Gita 2.5. Then he asks Krishna to teach him. Read the verse and what follows. https://getvani.app/shabda/guru/guru.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/karma/ https://getvani.app/shabda/karma/poster.jpg Karma We use karma to mean payback, but in Bhagavad Gita 4.18 it means action, and the wise see inaction in action. Read the verse and what comes around it. https://getvani.app/shabda/karma/karma.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/namaste/ https://getvani.app/shabda/namaste/poster.jpg Namaste You say namaste every day. In Bhagavad Gita 11.39 Arjuna says namo namas te, hail to you, a thousand times, after seeing the universal form. Read the verse. https://getvani.app/shabda/namaste/namaste.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/prasada/ https://getvani.app/shabda/prasada/poster.jpg Prasāda You take prasada at the temple. In Bhagavad Gita 2.65 prasada is serenity, and Krishna says that in it all sorrow is lost. Read the verse and its context. https://getvani.app/shabda/prasada/prasada.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/sattva/ https://getvani.app/shabda/sattva/poster.jpg Sattva Sattvik food and tamasik mood come from the three gunas named in Bhagavad Gita 14.5: sattva, rajas and tamas. Read the verse and what Krishna says next. https://getvani.app/shabda/sattva/sattva.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/shanti/ https://getvani.app/shabda/shanti/poster.jpg Śānti We say shanti three times at the end of a prayer. Bhagavad Gita 2.66 asks one question: for one without peace, where is happiness? Read the verse here. https://getvani.app/shabda/shanti/shanti.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/shraddha/ https://getvani.app/shabda/shraddha/poster.jpg Śraddhā Shraddha means faith, and Bhagavad Gita 17.3 goes further: each person consists of faith, and whatever their faith is, that is who they are. https://getvani.app/shabda/shraddha/shraddha.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/svadharma/ https://getvani.app/shabda/svadharma/poster.jpg Svadharma Svadharma is your own path. Bhagavad Gita 3.35 says your own duty done poorly is better than another's done well. Read the verse and what comes after it. https://getvani.app/shabda/svadharma/svadharma.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/titiksha/ https://getvani.app/shabda/titiksha/poster.jpg Titikṣā Titiksha is endurance. Bhagavad Gita 2.14 tells Arjuna that cold and heat, pleasure and pain come and go, and to bear them. Read the verse in full here. https://getvani.app/shabda/titiksha/titiksha.mp4 32 2026-11-02 https://getvani.app/shabda/yoga/ https://getvani.app/shabda/yoga/poster.jpg Yoga You think yoga is a pose. Bhagavad Gita 2.48 and 2.50 define it as evenness of mind and skill in action. Read both verses and what comes around them. https://getvani.app/shabda/yoga/yoga.mp4 32 2026-11-02