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Ask the śāstras

Every answer is cited to the tradition's own commentaries, and every translation behind it is grammar-checked by a Pāṇinian engine.

Reading the commentaries…

Answers come only from the four texts below, and out-of-scope questions are refused.

Try: How do I act without clinging to the fruits of my actions? What happens to the soul when the body dies? How can a restless mind be made clear and steady? Is the world in the mind?

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The system answers only from these texts and their commentaries. Anything else is refused, not improvised. The library is growing text by text. Coming soon: completing the Bhagavad-Gītā (chapters 3–18) and the Yoga-sūtra (chapters 2–4).

Triṃśikā (Vasubandhu) with Sthiramati's bhāṣya
coverage: complete (30 verses) · commentator: Sthiramati

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Īśopaniṣad with Śaṅkara's bhāṣya
coverage: complete (18 mantras) · commentator: Śaṅkara

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Bhagavad-Gītā with Śaṅkara's bhāṣya
coverage: chapter 2 (72 verses) · commentator: Śaṅkara

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 2.26 2.27 2.28 2.29 2.30 2.31 2.32 2.33 2.34 2.35 2.36 2.37 2.38 2.39 2.40 2.41 2.42 2.43 2.44 2.45 2.46 2.47 2.48 2.49 2.50 2.51 2.52 2.53 2.54 2.55 2.56 2.57 2.58 2.59 2.60 2.61 2.62 2.63 2.64 2.65 2.66 2.67 2.68 2.69 2.70 2.71 2.72

Yoga-sūtra with Vyāsa's bhāṣya
coverage: chapter 1 (51 sūtras) · commentator: Vyāsa

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.41 1.42 1.43 1.44 1.45 1.46 1.47 1.48 1.49 1.50 1.51

What is this, and how is it different from Google Translate or a chatbot?

This site is a real-time question-answering tool built exclusively on a verified library of four classical texts. Every verse in the library was parsed word-by-word in advance, checked against Pāṇini's formal grammar rules, and resolved using traditional commentaries (Śaṅkara, Sthiramati, Vyāsa).

Unlike Google Translate or AI chatbots, it never improvises or guesses.

Every claim is cited: The ask box only answers using its pre-analyzed library, and every response links directly to the underlying verse, word-by-word breakdown, and commentary.
Complex terms aren't flattened: Instead of offering a single generic translation, it preserves the exact philosophical nuances debated by traditional commentators.
Strict boundaries: If a question falls outside the scope of its four-text library, the tool refuses to answer rather than hallucinating an explanation.

A research prototype: the translations are machine-generated — commentary-grounded and grammar-checked — and await expert review. Live questions are rate-limited; the curated questions are always available.