The Bhagavad Gita has 18 chapters and about 700 verses. Most Hindi audio for it is either a full recitation of the Sanskrit, or a long commentary of many hours. Both are valuable, and both are hard to start with if you want five minutes on one idea before work, or a short lesson for a class of teenagers.
AudPod, the narration tool on Autunes, is suited to that short format: one chapter or one teaching per episode, explained in plain Hindi, read by a narrator over calm music.
What to use it for, and what not to
Use it for explanation: what happens in a chapter, the question Arjun asks, the main idea Shri Krishna gives in answer, and how someone might think about it today. Do not use it as a recitation of the shlokas. AudPod narrates in Hindi; it does not chant Sanskrit, and you should not treat any AI audio as an authentic recitation.
The Gita has been explained in many ways by different traditions and teachers. AudPod is not one of them. If you follow a particular teacher or commentary, write the explanation from that source in "My script", and check anything you share with your family or teacher.
Step by step
- Open AudPod.
- Choose "From an idea" to have AudPod write a simple explanation, or "My script" to have your own notes read exactly as written.
- Choose Hindi. English, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and other languages are available too.
- Choose a Male or Female narrator.
- Choose Calm or Peaceful flute for a study mood, Devotional for sitar and tanpura, or No music.
- Choose 3 or 5 minutes on any plan; Pro goes to 10 minutes and Creator to 20.
- Press create. A 3-minute lesson takes about 4 to 5 minutes to make.
Sample ideas
Name the chapter, the listener and the one thing you want them to take away.
- "Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 in simple Hindi: Arjun sees his family on both sides and puts down his bow. For college students, 5 minutes."
- "The idea of doing your duty without worrying about the result, from Chapter 2 verse 47, explained simply for someone starting a new job. Mention the verse number but do not recite the Sanskrit."
- "Chapter 12, Bhakti Yoga, the qualities of a devotee, explained for elders in gentle Hindi."
An 18-episode plan
One chapter per episode gives you an 18-part series. At 5 minutes each, that is an hour and a half of listening, a chapter a day for under three weeks. The longer chapters, like Chapter 2 or Chapter 18, can be split into two or three episodes, or made as one 10-minute (Pro) or 20-minute (Creator) AudPod.
Keep the same narrator for the series by choosing the same language and the same Male or Female option every time.
Writing your own lesson
If you teach a Gita class, write each lesson the way you would say it: short sentences, one idea per paragraph, and a blank line between paragraphs so the narrator pauses. Write "Shri Krishna" and "Arjun" the way you want them said. If you include a shloka in Devanagari, check it against your book, and remember a narrator speaks it rather than chanting it in the traditional way.
For other devotional narration ideas, see Hindi katha audio and Hindi text to podcast.