lit. song. Refers to the Bhagavad Gita one of the most sacred teachings of the Vaishnavas. This central episode of the epic Mahabharata is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and his chief disciple & devotee Arjuna, on the battlefields of the Kurukshetra. Krishna imparts to the warrior-prince Arjuna his knowledge of Atma [The Individual Self] Parmatma[Localised Aspect of The Supreme] Brahman[The Impersonal Aspect of the Supreme] yoga, asceticism, dharma and the manifold spiritual path.