The Sanskrit the Gita keeps coming back to.
12terms. Each defined plainly, with the verses that use it in Chapter 1 (the rest fill in as the corpus grows). Sanskrit isn’t decoration — it’s a compression format. Each term carries more in five letters than a paragraph of English can.
धर्म
dharma
Right action. The path you're meant to walk because of who you are.
कर्म
karma
Action — and the residue every action leaves behind.
मोक्ष
moksha
Liberation. The end of the cycle of being something.
आत्मा
atma
The self that doesn't die. The witness behind the eyes.
योग
yoga
Union. Skill in action. The way the parts come back together.
भक्ति
bhakti
Devotion. The path of love as a discipline of attention.
माया
maya
The illusion that makes the surface look like the whole.
संसार
samsara
The cycle. The river you can't step into the same way twice — but keep trying to.
गुण
guna
The three qualities every action, mind, and moment is made of.
क्षत्रिय
kshatriya
Warrior. The role Arjun is born into and is trying to escape.
विषाद
vishada
The despair that opens the door. Arjun's collapse — and yours.
श्लोक
shloka
A verse. The basic unit of the Gita.