Bhagavad Gita Resources
Welcome to our Gita Resources section—your one-stop guide for deepening your understanding of the Bhagavad Gita, India’s spiritual masterpiece.
Whether you’re a beginner or a lifelong seeker, here you’ll find carefully curated books, downloadable PDFs, video talks, podcast episodes, and links to trusted Gita websites.
These tools are designed to support your journey—through study, reflection, and daily practice—as taught in our Gita Talks series with Swami Nirmalananda Giri.
🎧 Gita Talks Podcast
Swami Nirmalananda Giri’s Gita Talks are available as a free podcast series across all major platforms. Each 20-minute talk brings the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita into clear focus for modern seekers—offering spiritual insight, practical application, and meditative depth.
🕉️ Listen on your favorite platform:
- Audible
- Amazon
- Apple Podcasts
- Fountain.fm
- Castbox.fm
- iHeart.com
- Podchaser
- Spotify
- Pandora
- Gaana.com
- Podverse.fm
- Blubrry.com
- Pocketcasts.com
🎙️ Start your journey today—let the voice of the Gita accompany you in your daily practice, walks, or spiritual studies.
🪷 Gita Study Websites
- Gita Supersite: This site has interactive features for comparing different translations and commentaries of individual verses of the Gita. It also has study aids for other Hindu scriptures
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🪔 Youtube talks on the Gita by Swami Sarvapriyananda of the New York Vedanta Society
🙏 Discover our Light of the Spirit Channel on Youtube (@lightofthespirit)
- With over 275 videos available, this channel is a living library of wisdom—offering talks on the Bhagavad Gita, Soham meditation, original Christianity, and the inner path of Sanatana Dharma.
📅 Monthly Online Satsangs with Swami Nirmalananda
Every month, Swami Nirmalananda Giri offers a live satsang filled with spiritual teachings, Q&A, and meditation guidance—now available online for all sincere seekers. Watch now.
📚 Books & PDFs for Bhagavad Gita Study
The Bhagavad Gita has inspired saints, yogis, and philosophers for millennia. To support your personal study and deeper reflection, we’ve gathered a selection of recommended books and free downloadable PDFs—from traditional commentaries to modern, practical insights. Whether you’re reading for devotion, philosophy, or daily application, these resources offer a path inward.
Explore classic translations, guided commentaries, and interlinear editions—including works by Swami Nirmalananda Giri, Swami Sivananda, Swami Prabhavananda, Winthrop Sargeant, and more.
Paperbacks and Ebooks
- The Bhagavad Gita – The Song of God, translation by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
- The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening: A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life, by Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke)
- The Song of God Bhagavad Gita by Swami Prabhavananda & Christopher Isherwood (Translators), with an introduction by Aldous Huxley
(The translation of Swami Prabhavananda is unparalleled for beauty and interpretation. ~Swami Nirmalananda) - Bhagavad Gita, by Winthrop Sargeant: Winthrop Sargeant’s interlinear version provides an English translation along with the Devanagari characters and the transliterated Sanskrit. Long a favourite of spiritual seekers and scholars, teachers and students, Sargeant’s version of the Gītā is a great resource for anyone with an interest in this classic.
(I recommend the translation of Winthrop Sargeant: The Bhagavad Gita, as an excellent version, especially since it gives a word-by-word translation of the entire text. ~Swami Nirmalananda)
Free PDFs
- Gita-Swarupananda’s translation
- Swami Sivananda’s translation and commentary from the Divine Life Society
- Gita Society (English Translation by Ramananada Prasad)
- YogaStudies.org (translation by Annie Besant and Bhagavan Das)
- Gita Press English translation at Archive.org
- Shri Purohit Swami’s translation at HolyBooks.com