Praśna
Praśna: Arjuna asked it first.
Praśna starts from the questions people type or say out loud today: why can't I focus, should I quit, what happens when we die. Each of its 12 stories finds the verse where Arjuna asked the same thing, and the verse where Kṛṣṇa answers. Each page shows Arjuna asking and then Kṛṣṇa answering, so the question and the reply stay together.
To use it, pick the question closest to yours, watch the short film, then read the two verses in Sanskrit, transliteration and English. The count under them shows where the question falls in the 700 verses and how far the answer comes after it. The paragraph called Going deeper describes what comes just before and after, and links to the chapter and verse pages.
If your own question is not here, the Ask block on each page lets you put it to Samvāda. Every verse of the Gītā is free to read at getvani.app/gita, with no account needed. The list under the grid gives every question as a plain link, in number order.
Praśna No. 1Why can't I focus
Praśna No. 2What if I try and fail
Praśna No. 3Why do I do things I know are bad for me
Praśna No. 4How do calm people behave
Praśna No. 5Should I quit
Praśna No. 6What is the point of working
Praśna No. 7How do I know what is right
Praśna No. 8How to stand up to family
Praśna No. 9Do we live more than once
Praśna No. 10What happens when we die
Praśna No. 11Should I pray to a form or the formless
Praśna No. 12Difference between giving up and letting go
All Praśna stories
- Praśna No. 1 Why can't I focusEven Arjuna couldn't focus.
- Praśna No. 2 What if I try and failTrying is never wasted.
- Praśna No. 3 Why do I do things I know are bad for meNot weakness. An enemy you can name.
- Praśna No. 4 How do calm people behaveCalm isn't a posture. It's being content.
- Praśna No. 5 Should I quitBoth paths lead somewhere. Doing goes further.
- Praśna No. 6 What is the point of workingWithout action, you can't even keep your body alive.
- Praśna No. 7 How do I know what is rightThe Gītā begins with “I don't know.”
- Praśna No. 8 How to stand up to familyThe whole Gītā is Kṛṣṇa's answer.
- Praśna No. 9 Do we live more than onceYou've been here before. He remembers.
- Praśna No. 10 What happens when we dieWhat you remember is where you go.
- Praśna No. 11 Should I pray to a form or the formlessArjuna asked it 5,000 years ago.
- Praśna No. 12 Difference between giving up and letting goGiving up is one thing. Letting go is another.