Bhagavad Gita
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता
— Sri Veda Vyasa
Krishna's 700-verse teaching to Arjuna at Kurukshetra, embedded in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. The most concise summation of Vedanta, yoga and bhakti.
18 chapters · 701 verses
Chapters · अध्याय
- 1
Arjuna Vishada Yoga
अर्जुनविषादयोग
The despondency of Arjuna on the battlefield.
47 verses
- 2
Sankhya Yoga
साङ्ख्ययोग
The yoga of knowledge — the eternal soul vs. the perishable body.
72 verses
- 3
Karma Yoga
कर्मयोग
The yoga of selfless action.
43 verses
- 4
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga
ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Transcendental knowledge and the renunciation of action.
42 verses
- 5
Karma Sanyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Action in renunciation.
29 verses
- 6
Dhyana Yoga
ध्यानयोग
The yoga of meditation.
47 verses
- 7
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
Knowledge of the Absolute.
30 verses
- 8
Akshara Brahma Yoga
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
The imperishable Brahman.
28 verses
- 9
Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग
The sovereign science and the sovereign secret.
34 verses
- 10
Vibhuti Yoga
विभूतियोग
The Lord's divine manifestations.
42 verses
- 11
Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग
The vision of the cosmic form.
55 verses
- 12
Bhakti Yoga
भक्तियोग
The path of devotion.
20 verses
- 13
Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
The field of activity and its knower.
35 verses
- 14
Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
गुणत्रयविभागयोग
The three modes of material nature.
27 verses
- 15
Purushottama Yoga
पुरुषोत्तमयोग
The yoga of the Supreme Person.
20 verses
- 16
Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
The divine and demoniac natures.
24 verses
- 17
Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
The threefold faith.
28 verses
- 18
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
The yoga of liberation through renunciation.
78 verses
Sanskrit text in public domain; English meanings adapted from public-domain translations