Shloka

A desktop widget that shows Bhagavad Gita verses in Sanskrit with transliteration and English or Hindi translations, either at random intervals or one verse per day.

Plugin

Field	Value
ID	ankitkumar/shloka
Entries	Desktop widget: verse

Usage

Enable Shloka in Settings → Plugins, then open Settings → Desktop → Toggle Editor, choose Shloka in the toolbar, and click +.

The header shows the verse reference and speaker, with Previous, Copy, and Next buttons. Copy copies the visible verse text along with its reference.

Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
mode	select	random	random rotates verses on a timer; daily shows one verse per local day.
refresh_minutes	int	30	Minutes between random verses (0–1440). 0 disables rotation. Only used in random mode.
language	select	en	Translation shown: en, hi, both, or none. Verses without the chosen translation are skipped.
show_sanskrit	bool	true	Show the Sanskrit verse.
show_transliteration	bool	true	Show the Roman transliteration.
show_reference	bool	true	Show chapter, verse, and speaker.
show_credit	bool	true	Show the translator and grouped verse range.
show_controls	bool	true	Show the Previous, Copy, and Next buttons.
teachings_only	bool	true	Only show verses spoken by Shri Krishna.
font_size	int	22	Base text size (12–48). Transliteration, translation, and credits scale with it.

Notes

• No network access. Verses and the Devanagari font are bundled.
• Log lines are prefixed with shloka:.
• Verse data is from vedicscriptures/bhagavad-gita. English translation by Swami Sivananda (The Divine Life Society); Hindi translation by Swami Ramsukhdas (Gita Press, Gorakhpur).
• The Devanagari font is Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit, licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (fonts/OFL.txt).