For Agents
Read chapters and verses of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit, transliteration, and multiple translations for study apps and verse delivery.
Install Jentic One Beta
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Bhagavad Gita API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | shStep 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with Bhagavad Gita API.
Retrieve all 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita with chapter-level metadata
Fetch a specific chapter by its number with summary and verse count
List every verse within a chapter for a complete chapter reading
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Use for: I need to fetch verse 47 from chapter 2 of the Bhagavad Gita, Get all 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita, List every verse in chapter 12, Retrieve the metadata for chapter 6 of the Gita
Not supported: Does not handle audio recitation, user accounts, or commentary submission — use for chapter and verse text retrieval only.
The Bhagavad Gita API exposes the complete text of the Bhagavad Gita organised by its 18 chapters and 700 verses, with each verse available in Sanskrit, transliteration, and translations or commentaries by recognised scholars. Agents can list all chapters, fetch a specific chapter's metadata, retrieve every verse in a chapter, or pull a single verse by chapter and verse number. Authentication uses an OAuth 2.0 client-credentials flow against the /auth/oauth/token endpoint to obtain a bearer token. The API is well suited to building reading apps, daily-verse delivery services, and AI study assistants.
Pull a single verse by chapter and verse number for daily-verse delivery
Browse the complete corpus of all verses across the text
Exchange client credentials for an access token to authorise verse requests
Patterns agents use Bhagavad Gita API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Daily Verse Delivery Service
Send a verse from the Bhagavad Gita to subscribers each morning via email or push notification. The agent picks a chapter and verse number, calls /api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses/{verse_number}, and pipes the Sanskrit text and English translation into the message. The complete corpus is 700 verses, so a daily cycle covers roughly two years of unique content.
Fetch /api/v1/chapters/2/verses/47 and send the Sanskrit and English translation to the subscribed email list.
Bhagavad Gita Study App
Power a mobile or web study application that lets users read the Gita chapter by chapter, with verse-level navigation. The /api/v1/chapters endpoint returns the index, /api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number} returns chapter metadata, and /api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses returns the full chapter text. Translations and commentaries embedded in the verse object support comparative reading.
Render chapter 4 by calling /api/v1/chapters/4 for the summary and /api/v1/chapters/4/verses for the 42 verses.
AI Spiritual Study Assistant
Build a conversational AI that answers questions about the Bhagavad Gita with citations to the original verses. Through Jentic, the agent issues natural-language searches like 'find verse on duty' or 'get chapter 2 verses', loads the schema, and pulls the cited verse with chapter and verse number for the response. The OAuth token stays in the Jentic vault so the agent never handles raw credentials.
Search Jentic for 'fetch a Bhagavad Gita verse', execute /api/v1/chapters/2/verses/47, and quote it back with citation.
6 endpoints — the bhagavad gita api exposes the complete text of the bhagavad gita organised by its 18 chapters and 700 verses, with each verse available in sanskrit, transliteration, and translations or commentaries by recognised scholars.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/api/v1/chapters
List all 18 chapters
/api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}
Get a specific chapter
/api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses
List all verses in a chapter
/api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses/{verse_number}
Get a specific verse
/api/v1/verses
List every verse
/auth/oauth/token
Exchange client credentials for an access token
/api/v1/chapters
List all 18 chapters
/api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}
Get a specific chapter
/api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses
List all verses in a chapter
/api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses/{verse_number}
Get a specific verse
/api/v1/verses
List every verse
Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.
Credential isolation
OAuth client credentials and access tokens for the Bhagavad Gita API are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault (MAXsystem). Agents request operations via Jentic and the bearer token is injected at execution time — raw secrets never enter agent transcripts.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search by intent (e.g., 'fetch a Gita verse') and Jentic returns the matching chapter or verse operation with parameters, so agents do not need to know that chapter and verse numbers are path parameters.
Time to first call
Direct integration: a few hours for OAuth, error handling, and verse parsing. Through Jentic: under 30 minutes — search, load schema, execute.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Specific to using Bhagavad Gita API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Bhagavad Gita API use?
The API uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials. POST your client_id and client_secret to /auth/oauth/token to receive an access token, then send it as a Bearer token on every verse request. Through Jentic, both the client credentials and the resulting access token are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault and never enter the agent's context.
Can I get a specific verse by chapter and verse number?
Yes. GET /api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses/{verse_number} returns a single verse, including the Sanskrit text, transliteration, and translations or commentaries provided by the API. For example, /api/v1/chapters/2/verses/47 returns the well-known karma yoga verse.
How many chapters and verses are in the Bhagavad Gita API?
The API covers all 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita and roughly 700 verses across them. GET /api/v1/chapters returns the chapter index; GET /api/v1/verses returns every verse in the corpus for bulk download.
How do I fetch a daily verse through Jentic?
Search Jentic for 'fetch a Bhagavad Gita verse', load /api/v1/chapters/{chapter_number}/verses/{verse_number}, and execute with the day's chapter and verse. With the SDK: pip install jentic, then SearchRequest, LoadRequest, and ExecutionRequest in an async flow.
Is the Bhagavad Gita API free?
The bhagavadgitaapi.in service is offered free for non-commercial use; client credentials are obtained from the bhagavadgita.io developer portal. Commercial usage tiers are not declared in the OpenAPI spec — contact the operators if your use case is commercial.
/auth/oauth/token
Exchange client credentials for an access token