Paramanasपरमनस्

Paramanas परमनस्

para beyond  +  manas the mind

Ask about anything you are going through. Get a short answer, with the exact verse from the Bhagavad Gita that it comes from.

Coming soon to iPhone. Android to follow.

“What if all my hard work doesn’t pay off?”

Put your whole heart into the work itself. The result was never fully in your hands, so don’t let fear of it stop you, and don’t give up acting either.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

Hindiतुम्हारा अधिकार केवल कर्म करने में है, उसके फलों में कदापि नहीं। अतः कर्मफल को अपने कर्म का हेतु मत बनाओ, और अकर्म (कर्म न करने) में भी तुम्हारी आसक्ति न हो।

EnglishThy business is with the action only, never with its fruits; so let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor be thou to inaction attached.

Bhagavad Gita 2.47English: Annie Besant, 1922

How it works

  1. Ask in your own words

    Worry about exams, grief, anger, a hard decision. Write it the way you would say it to a friend.

  2. The right verses are found

    All 700 verses are searched for the ones that speak to what you are facing.

  3. Read the answer and the source

    A few plain sentences, then the verse itself in Sanskrit, Hindi and English, so you can see where the answer comes from.

What you can count on

The verse is never rewritten

Every verse is shown exactly as stored, word for word. Only the short answer is written fresh for your question.

Three languages, side by side

The original Sanskrit, a Hindi translation and an English translation, for every answer.

Honest when it doesn’t know

If the Gita doesn’t speak to your question, the app will say so instead of stretching a verse to fit.

Guidance, not a substitute for help

For a crisis, health or legal matter, the app points you to real people who can help.