# Bhagavad Gita [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🔮 Spirituality & Esoterica  
**Repository:** https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-bhagavad-gita  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/bhagavad-gita

## Description
Bhagavad Gita MCP — Hindu scripture / Vedic text.

## Tools
Capabilities this server exposes over MCP:

- **list_chapters** — List all 18 chapters of the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu scripture / Vedic text). Returns chapter number, Sanskrit name, transliteration, English meaning, summary, and verse count.
- **get_chapter** — Get one chapter of the Bhagavad Gita (Vedic scripture) by number. Returns the Sanskrit name, transliteration, English meaning, summary, and verse count.
- **get_verse** — Get a single verse (sloka) of the Bhagavad Gita by chapter and verse number. Returns the Sanskrit verse in Devanagari, its transliteration, and English translations from multiple commentators (Sivananda, Purohit, Gambirananda, Adidevananda) plus commentary.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "bhagavad-gita": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","@pipeworx/mcp-bhagavad-gita"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation

## What Bhagavad Gita does

Bhagavad Gita provides structured access to the Hindu scripture through MCP. Its three dedicated tools cover the work at chapter and verse level:

- `list_chapters` returns all 18 chapters with chapter numbers, Sanskrit names, transliterations, English meanings, summaries, and verse counts.
- `get_chapter` retrieves the same kind of metadata for one chapter selected by number.
- `get_verse` retrieves one verse by chapter and verse number, including the original Sanskrit in Devanagari, transliteration, English translations, and commentary.

The English translation set includes versions attributed to Sivananda, Purohit, Gambirananda, and Adidevananda. This makes the server suitable for lookup, comparison, study, and applications that need both original text and translated material.

## How it works

The data comes through the Vedic Scriptures API, with the upstream project serving keyless JSON through GitHub Pages at `vedicscriptures.github.io`. MCP clients can connect to the hosted Pipeworx route:

`https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bhagavad-gita/mcp`

The same gateway also offers a full endpoint at `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/mcp`. The scoped route lists the Bhagavad Gita tools directly, while gateway connections also expose shared Pipeworx meta-tools such as `ask_pipeworx`, `discover_tools`, `search_within`, `remember`, and `recall`. The gateway can use `ask_pipeworx` to route questions across its catalog.

For direct HTTP calls, the gateway exposes tool routes under `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/`. For example, `list_chapters` accepts a JSON POST request at `/v1/tools/list_chapters`.

## Setup and configuration

Remote MCP clients can use this configuration:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bhagavad-gita": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bhagavad-gita/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The package also runs locally as a stdio server using the npm package:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bhagavad-gita": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@pipeworx/mcp-bhagavad-gita"]
    }
  }
}
```

Run `npx -y @pipeworx/mcp-bhagavad-gita` directly to verify that the local process starts. The standalone mode handles MCP initialization, tool listing, and tool calls for the Bhagavad Gita tools without the gateway's shared meta-tools.

## Tools and capabilities

- Enumerate every chapter and its basic metadata.
- Look up an individual chapter by number.
- Retrieve a verse using chapter and verse numbers.
- Compare multiple named English translations.
- Read Sanskrit text in Devanagari alongside transliteration and commentary.

## Limitations and notes

The integration is independent and unofficial; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or published by the upstream provider. Hosted connections include additional gateway tools alongside the pack's own tools, so the tool count shown by a client can exceed the three dedicated tools. The local package keeps its scope limited to the Bhagavad Gita tools and does not provide the gateway's cross-catalog routing.

The hosted gateway requires no account for its first calls. The local stdio option avoids a Pipeworx account and gateway round-trip.

_Full upstream README: https://allmcps.com/mcp/bhagavad-gita/readme_