The Bhagavad Gita has the same number of chapters as the Mahabharata has Parvas – 18. • It has – surprise, surprise! – just 700 shlokas, less than 1 per cent of all the shlokas in the mother epic! • It is part of the 6th Parva – yes, it makes an appearance quite early on in the story.

The Bhagavad Gita has the same number of chapters as the Mahabharata has Parvas – 18. • It has – surprise, surprise! – just 700 shlokas, less than 1 per cent of all the shlokas in the mother epic! • It is part of the 6th Parva – yes, it makes an appearance quite early on in the story.


 The Gita conversation started just a few minutes before the Great War began, and since it wasn’t a short conversation, it almost certainly held everything up for a longish time. Yes, not the best timing for a long conversation, but there you go. • It was mostly Krishna talking through the 700 verses, and he was essentially telling Arjuna to stop whining and start fighting the Great War