* BannedInChina: [[AvertedTrope Almost]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita_trial_in_Russia banned in Russia in 2011 to one particularly widely circulated commentary of the book]], [[CulturePolice which was pushed to be put]] on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_List_of_Extremist_Materials Federal List of Extremist Materials]]. The trial angered many Hindus and quickly ended up as a target for mockery in Russia itself.
* BeamMeUpScotty: Thanks to UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer, Supreme Lord Shree Krishna's line in Chapter 11, Verse 32 is often quoted as "Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds," when his actual quote in the manuscript was "I am mighty Time, the source of destruction that comes forth to annihilate the worlds."
* ColbertBump: Thanks to a certain American physicist known for creating the deadliest weapon in human history interpreting Krishna's statement, a lot of Americans started to take notice of this Hindu scripture that was unknown to them.
* ShrugOfGod: Was it always part of the Mahabharata, or was it written later and then inserted like a philosophical sandwich? The jury is out on this.
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