Religious and philosophical Sanskrit poem, dating from around 300 BC, forming an episode in the sixth book of the Mahabharata, one of the two great Hindu epics. It is the supreme religious work of Hinduism.
(Hinduism) The sacred 'song of God' composed about 200 BC and incorporated into the Mahabharata (a Sanskrit epic); contains a discussion between Krishna and the Indian hero Arjuna on human nature and the purpose of life.