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श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता

Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

18 chapters · 700 shlokas · The timeless dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjuna on action, devotion, knowledge and the Self. Read chapter by chapter with Sanskrit, meaning and reflection.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ।।

Your right is to action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.

Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, Verse 47

Adhyaya · Chapters

All 18 Chapters

Each chapter is a yoga: a complete path of understanding. Begin anywhere; the Gita meets you where you stand.

01

Arjuna Vishada Yoga

अर्जुनविषादयोग

The yoga of Arjuna's despair: the crisis that begins the inquiry.

47 Shlokas
02

Sankhya Yoga

सांख्ययोग

The yoga of knowledge: the immortal Self and the steady mind.

72 Shlokas
03

Karma Yoga

कर्मयोग

The yoga of action: work without attachment to results.

43 Shlokas
04

Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga

ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग

The yoga of wisdom in action: sacrifice, knowledge and the teacher.

42 Shlokas
05

Karma Sanyasa Yoga

कर्मसंन्यासयोग

The yoga of renunciation: acting in the world, resting in the Self.

29 Shlokas
06

Dhyana Yoga

ध्यानयोग

The yoga of meditation: posture, practice and the disciplined mind.

47 Shlokas
07

Jnana Vijnana Yoga

ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग

The yoga of knowledge and realisation: the divine in all things.

30 Shlokas
08

Akshara Brahma Yoga

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग

The yoga of the imperishable: remembrance at the time of departure.

28 Shlokas
09

Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga

राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग

The royal knowledge and royal secret: devotion open to all.

34 Shlokas
10

Vibhuti Yoga

विभूतियोग

The yoga of divine glories: seeing the sacred in every excellence.

42 Shlokas
11

Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga

विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग

The vision of the cosmic form: the universe within the divine.

55 Shlokas
12

Bhakti Yoga

भक्तियोग

The yoga of devotion: the qualities of the beloved devotee.

20 Shlokas
13

Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग

The field and its knower: matter, consciousness and discernment.

34 Shlokas
14

Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga

गुणत्रयविभागयोग

The three gunas: sattva, rajas and tamas, and rising beyond them.

27 Shlokas
15

Purushottama Yoga

पुरुषोत्तमयोग

The supreme person: the eternal tree and its transcendence.

20 Shlokas
16

Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga

दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग

Divine and undivine natures: the qualities that bind or free.

24 Shlokas
17

Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga

श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग

The three kinds of faith: food, worship, austerity and charity.

28 Shlokas
18

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

The yoga of liberation: surrender, and the final teaching.

78 Shlokas

योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ।।

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