About

A map for learning, living and leading the scriptures

What Vedic Study Map is, why it was built, how to use it, and every tool for each of the three books.

What it is

A free, structured way to study three books of Śrīla Prabhupāda — Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta. Every verse is here with its Sanskrit or Bengali, word meanings and translation, linked to the full purport on Vedabase.

Many of us begin reading and stop halfway: it is hard to see where we are, or what connects to what. So around the verses are maps — of chapters, stories, ideas and people — so you can see the whole shape of what you are reading.

Learn, Live, Lead

Learn

Study one verse at a time in six simple steps, and see how it fits the whole.

Live

Carry one teaching into your day, and mark the days you live it.

Lead

Share it with others — a class, a conversation, a short video — exactly as it is.

When learners become leaders, this knowledge spreads — as Lord Caitanya wished, to every town and village.

How to use it

  1. Begin each book at its preface or introduction — the summary is here, the full text is on Vedabase, and marking it done counts as part of your reading.
  2. Keep a fixed time each day, even for one verse, and let the maps show you where you are.
  3. Sign in so your verses, purports, quizzes and Live days are counted.

Reading is open to everyone without signing in. An account unlocks the AI tools, progress, points and badges.

What you will find

Every tool, book by book

Each book opens with its preface or introduction, then goes verse by verse, then asks you to live it and share it.

Kṛṣṇa's answer to Arjuna on the battlefield: the soul, duty, devotion and surrender, in 700 verses.

Śukadeva Gosvāmī to King Parīkṣit: the Lord, His devotees and His pastimes, across 12 cantos and 335 chapters.

Śrī Caitanya CaritamrtaThe highest study

The life and teachings of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who gave the chanting of the holy name: 3 līlās, 62 chapters.

Dedicated to

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

first founder-ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

and His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami

Shabdahari Das

Who built this

Shabdahari Das

a disciple of His Holiness Jayapatākā Swami

By the mercy of my spiritual master and Śrīla Prabhupāda, I humbly offer this little map in service to their mission — that it may help thousands of devotees and sincere seekers dive deep into the scriptures, track their progress, and learn, live and lead. It does not replace reading the books themselves or Vedabase; it is only a small aid alongside them.

So together, let us advance in our devotional life, let us carry this philosophy forward into every town and village, and let us bring about the golden age of devotion.

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