Week 1: The Script
Learn to read Devanagari — every letter, every sound
The Sacred Sounds
Meet the Devanagari vowels — the building blocks of Sanskrit
The Consonant Grid
25 stops organized by mouth position — Sanskrit's scientific genius
Completing the Sound System
Semivowels, sibilants, and the special marks that appear everywhere in the Gita
Vowel Marks — Unlocking Real Reading
How vowels attach to consonants with mātrā — and reading your first real words
Conjunct Consonants
When consonants combine — cracking the code of Sanskrit's complex clusters
Reading Real Sanskrit
Putting it all together — reading actual Gita words with confidence
Your First Complete Verse
Reading BG 2.47 — the most quoted verse in the Gita — syllable by syllable
Week 2: The Language
Grammar, vocabulary, and reading real Gītā verses
Sandhi — The Art of Sound Merging
Why Sanskrit words flow together — and how to pull them apart
Nouns and the Eight Cases
How Sanskrit marks WHO does WHAT to WHOM — without needing word order
Verbs — The Action Words
Present tense basics and the key verbs of the Gita
The Gita's Essential Vocabulary
50 words that unlock the meaning of the Bhagavad Gita
Compound Words — Sanskrit's Building Blocks
How to decode long Sanskrit words by breaking them into parts
Full Verse Analysis
Dissecting BG 2.20 word by word — the eternal soul verse
The Final Challenge
Read three famous Gita verses on your own — you've earned this
Built around real Bhagavad Gītā verses · IAST transliteration standard