How long does it take to read The Bhagavad Gita?
The Bhagavad Gita by Juan Mascaró takes about 1 hour 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 34 minutes
An evening's read
First published 2003. 85 pages, about 23,375 words.
4 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 36 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"The Bhagavad Gita is an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and is also one of the masterpieces of Sanskrit poetry. It describes how, at the beginning of a mighty battle between the Pandava and Kaurava armies, the god Krishna gives spiritual enlightenment to the warrior, Arjuna, who realized that the true battle is for his own soul." "Juan Mascaro's translation of The Bhagavad Gita captures the extraordinary aural qualities of the original Sanskrit. This edition features a new introduction by Simon Brodbeck, which discussed concepts such as dehin, prakriti and karma."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Hinduism, Sacred books, Hinduism, doctrines
