The verse page

The verse page shows one verse as in the printed book, together with its recitation, the passages that quote it and your notes on it.

To open a verse, select its number on a chapter page, or type the number in search, for example BG 2.13, SB 1.2.6 or CC Madhya 20.108. Moving to the next or previous verse is described in Reading the books.

What a verse contains

Part	Contents
Original text	Devanāgarī; Bengali script for Caitanya-caritāmṛta.
Transliteration	Roman letters with diacritics (IAST).
Word for word	Each Sanskrit word with its meaning. Select a word to look it up.
Translation	The translation of the verse.
Pictures	Bhagavad-gītā. Paintings that illustrate the verse; hidden by default.
Purport	Śrīla Prabhupāda’s explanation.

A verse shows only the parts it has; a verse without a purport ends with the translation. To choose which parts are shown, see View options.

Look up Sanskrit words

Every word in the transliteration and the word-for-word list is linked to the Sanskrit dictionary, and so are the coloured Sanskrit words in the translation and purport. Selecting one shows its meaning without leaving the verse.

Listen to the recitation

Bhagavad-gītā verses include a recording of the verse chanted in Sanskrit.

1. Select the play button.
2. To keep listening, turn on autoplay with the button at the right. When a verse ends, the next verse opens and plays, through to the end of the chapter.

On a computer, the Space bar plays and pauses. In the Android and Mac apps, a verse you have played once can be played again without a connection.

Follow cross-references

References to other verses in the translation and purport, such as Bg. 18.66, are links to those verses. Back returns to the verse you were reading.

Passages that cite this verse

At the end of the page, Haribol shows where else the verse appears:

• Referenced by lists every book passage, letter and talk that quotes or cites the verse, grouped into books, letters and talks with their counts. Selecting an entry opens it at the citation.
• In the index lists the headings of the general index that point to the verse. Headings in a paler colour mention it only under a sub-heading. See The general index.

Notes on the verse

Your notes on the verse appear under the purport. To add one, select text and choose Note. A note attached to selected text is marked by a number in the text; select the number to open it. See Notes.

Sources and editions

⋮ › Data sources shows where the text of this verse comes from. In English, Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Caitanya-caritāmṛta can be read in the original or the edited edition, or both side by side; see Original or edited edition.

Note

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from Canto 10, Chapter 14 to the end of Canto 12 comes from the BBT’s later edited edition, because Śrīla Prabhupāda’s own translation ends at Canto 10, Chapter 13. These pages carry a notice at the top. Notices on translated books are described in Languages.