The Bhagavad Gita

Eighteen chapters, one journey

From Arjuna’s despair on the battlefield to the teaching of liberation — 700 verses in all. Follow the arc below; read every verse, with its meaning, in the app.

  1. Act IThe Despair
  2. 1

    Arjuna Viṣāda Yoga

    The Yoga of Arjuna’s Grief

    47 verses

  3. Act IIThe Paths of Yoga
  4. 2

    Sāṅkhya Yoga

    The Yoga of Knowledge

    72 verses

  5. 3

    Karma Yoga

    The Yoga of Action

    43 verses

  6. 4

    Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

    The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    42 verses

  7. 5

    Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

    The Yoga of Renunciation

    29 verses

  8. 6

    Dhyāna Yoga

    The Yoga of Meditation

    47 verses

  9. Act IIIThe Vision of the Divine
  10. 7

    Jñāna Vijñāna Yoga

    The Yoga of Knowledge and Realisation

    30 verses

  11. 8

    Akṣara Brahma Yoga

    The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute

    28 verses

  12. 9

    Rāja Vidyā Rāja Guhya Yoga

    The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret

    34 verses

  13. 10

    Vibhūti Yoga

    The Yoga of Divine Glories

    42 verses

  14. 11

    Viśvarūpa Darśana Yoga

    The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

    55 verses

  15. 12

    Bhakti Yoga

    The Yoga of Devotion

    20 verses

  16. Act IVThe Way to Freedom
  17. 13

    Kṣetra Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yoga

    The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field

    34 verses

  18. 14

    Guṇatraya Vibhāga Yoga

    The Yoga of the Three Qualities

    27 verses

  19. 15

    Puruṣottama Yoga

    The Yoga of the Supreme Person

    20 verses

  20. 16

    Daivāsura Sampad Vibhāga Yoga

    The Yoga of the Divine and Demoniac Natures

    24 verses

  21. 17

    Śraddhātraya Vibhāga Yoga

    The Yoga of the Threefold Faith

    28 verses

  22. 18

    Mokṣa Sannyāsa Yoga

    The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

    78 verses

Seven hundred verses, waiting for you.

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