The complete Gita
Bhagavad Gita
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अर्जुनविषादयोग
Arjuna's Dilemma
Arjuna sees his own people on both sides and is overcome by grief and doubt.
सांख्ययोग
The Yoga of Knowledge
Krishna answers with the eternal nature of the self and the discipline of action.
कर्मयोग
The Yoga of Action
Act because it is right, not for the fruit that action may bring.
ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Knowledge and Action
Wisdom purifies action; action performed with wisdom does not bind.
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
The Yoga of Renunciation
True renunciation is inner freedom, not the abandoning of duty.
ध्यानयोग
The Yoga of Meditation
The steady mind becomes one's greatest friend; the restless mind, one's enemy.
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
Knowledge of the Absolute
The divine pervades all that is seen and all that is unseen.
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
The Imperishable
On remembrance at the final hour and the path beyond birth and death.
राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग
The Royal Knowledge
The most secret teaching: devotion offered with a sincere heart is never lost.
विभूतियोग
Divine Glories
Krishna names the splendour within everything excellent in the world.
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग
The Universal Form
Arjuna is shown the cosmic form, terrifying and infinite.
भक्तियोग
The Yoga of Devotion
Love, offered simply and steadily, is the shortest path.
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
The Field and the Knower
Distinguishing the body and nature from the awareness that witnesses them.
गुणत्रयविभागयोग
The Three Qualities
How sattva, rajas and tamas shape thought, work and habit.
पुरुषोत्तमयोग
The Supreme Person
The image of the eternal tree and the axe of non-attachment.
दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग
Divine and Demonic Natures
The qualities that liberate and the qualities that bind.
श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Three Kinds of Faith
Faith, food, charity and discipline according to the three qualities.
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Freedom and Renunciation
The conclusion: surrender, clarity, and Arjuna's doubt dissolved.