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{{quote|''I have become Death, [[Atomic Hate|the destroyer of Worlds]]''|Oppenheimer, [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|(mis)quoting the Gita.]]}}
The ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita Bhagavad Gita]'' (''The Song of God'') is a book within a larger epic based on the conversation in the Hindu Epic ''[[Mahabharata]]'' between [[Warrior Prince]] Arjuna and his charioteer [[God in Human Form|Krishna]] during the [[Civil War|Kurushetra War]]. Arjuna had to fight his cousin [[Evil Prince]] [[Big Bad]] Duryodhana, his [[The Dragon|archnemesis]] [[Cain and Abel|Karna]], his teacher and mentor [[Rage Against the Mentor|Drona]] and Kuru Patriach and beloved grandfather Bhishma after exhausting all other legal means in order to get back his Kingdom. Arjuna gets a [[Heroic BSOD|Hamlet moment]] and is unresolved on whether to take part in the battle and in consequence, kill his kinsmen and teachers on the other side of the war. [[God Was My Co
Like the ''Mahabharata'', it is a narrative poem written in Sanskrit and is one of the major books in [[Hindu Mythology]]. Because of its complex subject matter, it is subject to countless [[Alternative Character Interpretation|interpretations]].
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* [[A God Am I]]: Krishna reveals to Arjuna that he is an avatar, and shows him the true form of God, which scares Arjuna shitless.
* [[God in Human Form]]: Though God can reincarnate in nonhumanform as well, according to the Gita.
* [[God Was My Co
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: The most famous verse of the Gita states that God reincarnates on earth to preserve dharma or righteousness.
* [[Physical God]]
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