{"date":"June 12","id":"06-12","intro":["Two armies of ancient India were about to engage in a momentous battle. Arjuna, heroic leader of the Pandu hosts, foreseeing great slaughter, hesitates. He implores the divine Vishnu to intervene. The conversation of the warrior and the god is a gem of Hindu literature."],"minutes":15,"readings":[{"author":"","end":798,"start":785,"volume":45,"work":"The Bhagavad-Gita"}],"slug":"june-12","status":"proofread","title":"Vishnu Holds Up a Battle","url":"/harvard-classics/june-12/","words":3032}