Ancient scripture, decoded for now
Lead me from darkness to light.
tamaso mā jyotir gamaya · Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
The Bhagavad Gita, the Durga Saptashati and the wisdom of Hanuman — read closely, explained plainly, for a life you actually have to live.
Why this exists
These texts have outlasted every empire that tried to own them. Not because they are old — because they keep being right about how to live.
धर्म dharma
The Gita opens with a man frozen between two duties, both of them real. That is the question it actually answers — not how to be holy, but how to act when every choice costs something.
कर्म karma
The most quoted line in the text is also the most misread. It is not fatalism. It is a discipline for staying steady — giving your whole effort while loosening your grip on the outcome.
भक्ति bhakti
We translate the weight of these texts, not only their words — so a chapter written for a battlefield three thousand years ago still lands in a Tuesday meeting, or a hard conversation at home.
The books
Not summaries that flatten the meaning — close readings that keep its weight, written for someone with a modern life to run.
The first book
18 Hidden Secrets to a Life of Fulfillment
The Gita's eighteen chapters, distilled to their living core. Each chapter yields one durable principle for how to act, choose and endure — drawn straight from the text, written for a reader with a modern life to run.
The second book
Glory to the Divine Mother
A modern reading of the Durga Saptashati from the Markandeya Purana — the great hymn to the Divine Mother. The story of her power, told so its meaning lands for readers today, not only recited.
The third book
16 Timeless Secrets
The values that shape a child into someone of character — respect, honesty, kindness, responsibility, courage — drawn from the timeless heroes of Indian tradition and turned into sixteen secrets a parent can actually teach.
The author
Founder, Decoding Spirit
Nikhil writes to make the wisdom of India's oldest texts usable in an ordinary modern life. Under the Decoding Spirit imprint, his books take works that can feel distant or ceremonial — the Bhagavad Gita, the Durga Saptashati, the wisdom of Hanuman, among his notable writings — and render them as plain, practical guidance a busy reader can actually live by. He writes for two kinds of reader: the professional looking for steadiness and clarity under pressure, and the parent who wants to raise children on the courage and character of these timeless heroes. Based in Melbourne, he sits between two worlds — a working life in technology and AI and a lifelong study of scripture — and his writing is the bridge between them.
Courses — coming soon
Guided video courses that walk chapter by chapter through the texts, at the pace they deserve. Join the waitlist to hear first when enrolment opens.