The bhagavad gita (Sanskrit for Song of God) is a portion of the epic poemepic poem
an epic poem is a narrative poem of great length about extraordinary or larger-than-life characters. ezra pound said it was a poem including history. In a preface to paradise lost, c.s. lew... Mahabharata (Sanskrit for great story). in it, prince arjuna asks krishna, the form of Vishnu, about his duty on the battlefield.