The Song Celestial or Bhagavad-GitaThis famous and marvellous Sanskrit poem occurs as an episode of the Mahbhrata, in the sixth or 'Bhishma' Parva of the great Hindoo epic. It enjoys immense popularity in India, where it is reckoned as one of the Five Jewels', pancharatnni of Devangiri literature. In plain but noble language it unfolds a philosophical system which remains to this day the prevailing Brahmanic belief, blending as it does the doctrines Kapila, Patanjali, and the Vedas.