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Built a free, ad-free Bhagavad Gita app - Updesh
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Built a free, ad-free Bhagavad Gita app - Updesh

Radhe Radhe

I'm a solo developer. I built Updesh because I wanted to read/listen the Gita on my phone without ads, paywalls, or distractions.

What's inside:

- All 700 verses across 18 chapters
- Sanskrit, transliteration, and English translation
- Daily verse you can return to
- No accounts, no subscriptions, no ads

It's free because the Gita shouldn't sit behind a paywall, in my view. If it helps you, that's enough.

Would genuinely value feedback from this community, especially on translation accuracy and anything that feels off.

Please support me by trying the app and leaving a feedback on the Appstore.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bhagavad-gita-updesh-daily/id6760954797

u/Alternative-Hall1719 — 24 hours ago
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I recently started reading the Bhagvad Gita and here’s why!

I'll be honest about what triggered this.

Three months ago I was stuck on a decision that felt impossible. It was regarding my Career. The usual in your early 20s. I'd talked to friends and family. Everyone gave me advice filtered through their own life.

Someone said: "Have you tried looking for a sign? Open any page of the Gita and the decision will be what the page refers to"

I hadn't. I'm not religious. I picked it up skeptically.

What I found wasn't spiritual comfort or the exact answer I wanted. It was the sharpest decision-making framework I'd ever read - written 2,000+ years ago, in the middle of a battlefield, by someone who understood that paralysis comes from confusing "what I want" with "what is right."

The problem: the Gita is locked behind commentaries written for people who already believe. The language assumes faith. I wanted to talk to it like I'd talk to a really wise person.

Today, I'm 2 weeks in and still reading. Learning more about myself than about the app.

Has anyone else come to the Gita from a completely non-religious place and found something useful?

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u/navs3011 — 2 days ago
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Gita verses 1.41 and 1.42

BG 1.41: With the preponderance of vice, O Krishna, the women of the family become immoral; and from the immorality of women, O descendent of Vrishni, unwanted progeny are born.

Can someone explain me this verse correctly ?

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u/Confident-Device-379 — 5 days ago
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Been building Vedya for the past few months — a simple app that delivers one Gita verse each morning with Sanskrit, transliteration, and explanation in your language.

Why: I grew up hearing shlokas at home but never truly understood them. Most apps are too academic or too gamified. I wanted something quiet and ritualistic.

What it does:

  • Rotates through 108 key shlokas
  • 10 languages: English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada
  • Audio recitation
  • Dhwani library — aartis, bhajans, chalisas, mantras
  • Full Gita reader chapter by chapter

Free, no algorithm, no feed.

Would love feedback from builders here — especially on growth and retention for spiritual apps.

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u/insaanbhikyachizhai — 14 days ago