Select Verse Chapter 1 · Verse 1 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “O Sanjaya, what did my people and the Pāṇ... Chapter 1 · Verse 2 — Sanjaya said: King Duryodhana, upon seeing the Pandava army ... Chapter 1 · Verse 3 — Behold, O teacher, this mighty army of the Pandavas, arrayed... Chapter 1 · Verse 4 — There (in that army) are heroes, great bowmen, such as Bhima... Chapter 1 · Verse 5 — Dhrstaketu, Cekitana, the valiant king of Kasi, Purujit, Kun... Chapter 1 · Verse 6 — Yudhamanyu, the valiant one, and Uttamaujas, the strong one;... Chapter 1 · Verse 7 — Know, O best of Brahmanas, those who are important on our si... Chapter 1 · Verse 8 — Yourself, Bhisma, Karna, the victorious Krpa, Asvatthama, Vi... Chapter 1 · Verse 9 — And there are many other heroes who are determined to give u... Chapter 1 · Verse 10 — Our force is inadequate, guarded by Bhisma, while their forc... Chapter 1 · Verse 11 — Therefore, all of you, taking your places firmly in your res... Chapter 1 · Verse 12 — Then the valiant grandsire Bhisma, the senior-most of the Ku... Chapter 1 · Verse 13 — Then suddenly conchs, kettle drums, trumpets, tabors, and bl... Chapter 1 · Verse 14 — Then Sri Krishna and Arjuna, stationed in their great chario... Chapter 1 · Verse 15 — Sri Krishna blew his conch, Pancajanya, Arjuna his Devadatta... Chapter 1 · Verse 16 — King Yudhisthira, the son of Kunti, blew his conch, Anantavi... Chapter 1 · Verse 17 — And the King of Kasi, the supreme bowman, Sikandi the mighty... Chapter 1 · Verse 18 — Drupada and the sons of Draupadi, as well as the strong-arme... Chapter 1 · Verse 19 — And that tumultuous uproar, reverberating through heaven and... Chapter 1 · Verse 20 — Then Arjuna, whose banner crest was Hanuman, on beholding th... Chapter 1 · Verse 21 — And he spoke, O Lord of the Earth, these words to Sri Krishn... Chapter 1 · Verse 22 — So that I may have a good look at those who are standing, ea... Chapter 1 · Verse 23 — I wish to see those gathered here ready to fight in this bat... Chapter 1 · Verse 24 — Sanjaya said: Thus addressed by Arjuna, Sri Krishna drew up ... Chapter 1 · Verse 25 — Sanjaya said: Thus addressed by Arjuna, Sri Krishna drew up ... Chapter 1 · Verse 26 — Then, as Arjuna looked on, he saw standing there fathers, gr... Chapter 1 · Verse 27 — Fathers-in-law and dear friends in both armies, when Arjuna ... Chapter 1 · Verse 28 — He was filled with deep compassion and said these words in d... Chapter 1 · Verse 29 — My limbs have weakened, my mouth has become parched, my body... Chapter 1 · Verse 30 — The bow Gandiva slips from my hand and my skin is burning. I... Chapter 1 · Verse 31 — I see, Kṛṣṇa, inauspicious omens. I foresee no good in slayi... Chapter 1 · Verse 32 — I desire no victory, nor empire, nor pleasures. What have we... Chapter 1 · Verse 33 — Those for whose sake we desire empire, enjoyment, and pleasu... Chapter 1 · Verse 34 — all these are to be regarded as one's own self. Teachers, fa... Chapter 1 · Verse 35 — I would not slay them, even if they might slay me, for the s... Chapter 1 · Verse 36 — If we were to kill the sons of Dhrtarastra, what joy would b... Chapter 1 · Verse 37 — Therefore, it is not befitting for us to slay our kin, the s... Chapter 1 · Verse 38 — Though these people, whose minds are overpowered by greed, s... Chapter 1 · Verse 39 — Why should we not learn to shun this crime—we who see the ev... Chapter 1 · Verse 40 — With the ruin of a clan, its ancient traditions perish, and ... Chapter 1 · Verse 41 — When lawlessness prevails, O Krsna, the women of the clan be... Chapter 1 · Verse 42 — This mixing of classes leads to hell for the clan itself and... Chapter 1 · Verse 43 — By the sins of the clan-destroyers who bring about intermixi... Chapter 1 · Verse 44 — For those whose clan laws are destroyed, dwelling in hell is... Chapter 1 · Verse 45 — Alas! We have resolved to commit a great sin, for we are rea... Chapter 1 · Verse 46 — If the well-armed sons of Dhrtarastra should slay me in batt... Chapter 1 · Verse 47 — Sanjaya said: Having spoken thus on the battlefield, Arjuna ... Chapter 2 · Verse 1 — Sanjaya said: To him, who was overcome with pity, whose eyes... Chapter 2 · Verse 2 — The Lord said, "Whence comes this despondency upon you, O Ar... Chapter 2 · Verse 3 — Do not yield to unmanliness, O Arjuna, it does not befit you... Chapter 2 · Verse 4 — Arjuna said, "O slayer of foes, how can I aim arrows in batt... Chapter 2 · Verse 5 — It is better even to live on a beggar's fare in this world t... Chapter 2 · Verse 6 — We do not know which of the two is better for us: whether ou... Chapter 2 · Verse 7 — With my heart stricken by the fault of weak compassion, my m... Chapter 2 · Verse 8 — Even if I were to win unchallenged sovereignty of a prospero... Chapter 2 · Verse 9 — Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken to Sri Krsna, Arjuna, the c... Chapter 2 · Verse 10 — O King, to him who was thus sorrowing between the two armies... Chapter 2 · Verse 11 — The Lord said, "You grieve for those who should not be griev... Chapter 2 · Verse 12 — There never was a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor an... Chapter 2 · Verse 13 — Just as the self associated with a body passes through child... Chapter 2 · Verse 15 — For, he whom these do not affect, O chief of men, and to who... Chapter 2 · Verse 16 — The unreal never comes into being, the real never ceases to ... Chapter 2 · Verse 17 — Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded... Chapter 2 · Verse 18 — These bodies of the Jiva (the embodied self) are said to hav... Chapter 2 · Verse 19 — He who considers It (the self) to be the slayer, and he who ... Chapter 2 · Verse 21 — He who knows this self to be indestructible, unborn, unchang... Chapter 2 · Verse 22 — As a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on new ones, s... Chapter 2 · Verse 23 — Weapons cannot cleave It, fire cannot burn It, waters cannot... Chapter 2 · Verse 24 — It cannot be cleaved; It cannot be burned; It cannot be wett... Chapter 2 · Verse 25 — This (self) is said to be unmanifest, inconceivable, and unc... Chapter 2 · Verse 26 — Or, if you consider this self as constantly being born and c... Chapter 2 · Verse 28 — O Arjuna, beings have an unknown beginning, a known middle, ... Chapter 2 · Verse 29 — One regards This (self) as a wonder; another speaks of It as... Chapter 2 · Verse 30 — The self in the body, O Arjuna, is eternal and indestructibl... Chapter 2 · Verse 31 — Further, considering also your own duty, it does not befit y... Chapter 2 · Verse 32 — Happy are the Ksatriyas, O Arjuna, to whom such a war comes ... Chapter 2 · Verse 33 — But if you do not fight this righteous war, you will be turn... Chapter 2 · Verse 34 — Further, people will speak ill of you for all time, and for ... Chapter 2 · Verse 35 — The great warriors will think that you have fled from battle... Chapter 2 · Verse 36 — Your enemies, slandering your prowess, will use words that s... Chapter 2 · Verse 37 — If slain, you will win heaven; or if victorious, you will en... Chapter 2 · Verse 38 — Holding pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat... Chapter 2 · Verse 39 — This Buddhi concerning the Self (Sankhya) has been imparted ... Chapter 2 · Verse 40 — Here, there is no loss of effort, nor any accrual of evil. E... Chapter 2 · Verse 41 — In this (Karma Yoga), O Arjuna, the resolute mind is single-... Chapter 2 · Verse 42 — - O Partha, the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the Ved... Chapter 2 · Verse 43 — - O Partha, the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the Ved... Chapter 2 · Verse 44 — - O Partha, the unwise, who rejoice in the letter of the Ved... Chapter 2 · Verse 45 — The Vedas have the three Gunas as their sphere, O Arjuna. Yo... Chapter 2 · Verse 46 — What use does a thirsty person have for a water reservoir wh... Chapter 2 · Verse 48 — Abandoning attachment and established in Yoga, perform works... Chapter 2 · Verse 49 — Action done with attachment, O Arjuna, is far inferior to ac... Chapter 2 · Verse 51 — The wise, who possess evenness of mind, relinquish the fruit... Chapter 2 · Verse 52 — When your intellect has passed beyond the tangle of delusion... Chapter 2 · Verse 53 — When your intellect, having been well enlightened by hearing... Chapter 2 · Verse 54 — Arjuna said, "What is the mode of speech of one who is of fi... Chapter 2 · Verse 55 — The Lord said, "When a man renounces all the desires of the ... Chapter 2 · Verse 57 — He who has no love on any side, who, upon finding good or ev... Chapter 2 · Verse 58 — When one is able to draw their senses away from the objects ... Chapter 2 · Verse 59 — The objects of the senses, except for the pleasure they brin... Chapter 2 · Verse 60 — The turbulent senses, O Arjuna, can forcibly carry away the ... Chapter 2 · Verse 61 — Having controlled all the senses, let him remain in contempl... Chapter 2 · Verse 63 — Anger leads to delusion, which causes the loss of memory; th... Chapter 2 · Verse 64 — But he who goes through the sense-objects with the senses fr... Chapter 2 · Verse 65 — In that serenity, all sorrow is lost; for in the case of the... Chapter 2 · Verse 66 — There is no Buddhi for the unintegrated, nor is there contem... Chapter 2 · Verse 67 — For, when the mind follows the senses, experiencing their ob... Chapter 2 · Verse 68 — Therefore, O mighty-armed one, he whose senses are restraine... Chapter 2 · Verse 69 — What is night for all beings, in it the one who is controlle... Chapter 2 · Verse 70 — He into whom all desires enter, just as the waters enter the... Chapter 2 · Verse 71 — The one who, abandoning all desires, abides without longing,... Chapter 2 · Verse 72 — This is the Brahmic state, O Arjuna. No one attaining to thi... Chapter 2 · Verse 47 — You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you ... Chapter 3 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said, "O Krsna, if you deem knowledge to be superior ... Chapter 3 · Verse 2 — You confuse my mind with statements that seem to contradict ... Chapter 3 · Verse 3 — The Lord said, "In this world, a two-fold way was of yore la... Chapter 3 · Verse 4 — No one experiences freedom from action (Naiskarmya) by absta... Chapter 3 · Verse 5 — No one can remain still for even a moment without doing work... Chapter 3 · Verse 6 — He who, controlling the organs of action, lets his mind dwel... Chapter 3 · Verse 7 — But he who, subduing his senses by the mind, O Arjuna, begin... Chapter 3 · Verse 8 — You must perform your obligatory action; for action is super... Chapter 3 · Verse 9 — This world is held in the bondage of work only when work is ... Chapter 3 · Verse 10 — In the beginning, the Lord of all beings created man along w... Chapter 3 · Verse 11 — By this, please the gods, and they will support you. Thus, n... Chapter 3 · Verse 12 — The gods, pleased by the sacrifice, will bestow upon you the... Chapter 3 · Verse 13 — Pious people who eat the remnants of sacrifices are freed fr... Chapter 3 · Verse 14 — All beings arise from food; food is produced from rain; rain... Chapter 3 · Verse 15 — Know that activity springs from Brahman, i.e., the physical ... Chapter 3 · Verse 16 — He who does not follow the wheel thus set in motion here, li... Chapter 3 · Verse 17 — But the man whose delight is only in the Self, who is satisf... Chapter 3 · Verse 18 — He has no purpose to gain from work done or left undone, nor... Chapter 3 · Verse 19 — Therefore, without being attached to the fruits of activitie... Chapter 3 · Verse 20 — Indeed, Janaka and others reached perfection through Karma Y... Chapter 3 · Verse 21 — Whatever a great man does, others do too. Whatever standard ... Chapter 3 · Verse 22 — For me, Arjuna, there is nothing in all the three worlds tha... Chapter 3 · Verse 23 — If I did not continue to work unweariedly, O Arjuna, people ... Chapter 3 · Verse 24 — If I do not do the work, these people will be lost; and I wi... Chapter 3 · Verse 25 — Just as the ignorant, attached to their work, act, O Arjuna,... Chapter 3 · Verse 26 — He should not bewilder the minds of the ignorant who are att... Chapter 3 · Verse 27 — Actions are being performed in every way by the Gunas of Pra... Chapter 3 · Verse 28 — But he who knows the truth about the division of the Gunas a... Chapter 3 · Verse 29 — Those who are deluded by the Gunas of Prakrti are attached t... Chapter 3 · Verse 30 — Surrender all your actions to Me, with a mind focused on the... Chapter 3 · Verse 31 — Those men who, full of faith, ever practice this teaching of... Chapter 3 · Verse 32 — But those who slander it, and those who do not practice this... Chapter 3 · Verse 33 — Even the man of knowledge acts according to his nature; all ... Chapter 3 · Verse 34 — Each sense has a fixed attachment to and aversion for its co... Chapter 3 · Verse 35 — Better is one's own duty, even if done poorly, than the duty... Chapter 3 · Verse 36 — Arjuna said, "But, O Krsna, what impels one to commit sin, e... Chapter 3 · Verse 37 — The Lord said, "It is desire, it is wrath, born of the guna ... Chapter 3 · Verse 38 — As a fire is enveloped by smoke, as a mirror is covered by d... Chapter 3 · Verse 39 — The knowledge of the intelligent self is enveloped by this c... Chapter 3 · Verse 40 — The senses, the mind, and the intellect are said to be its i... Chapter 3 · Verse 41 — Therefore, O Arjuna, control your senses from the outset and... Chapter 3 · Verse 42 — They say that the senses are high, the mind is higher than t... Chapter 3 · Verse 43 — Thus, knowing that which is higher than the intellect and fi... Chapter 4 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "I taught this imperishable Yoga to Vivasvan;... Chapter 4 · Verse 2 — Thus handed down in succession, the royal sages knew this (K... Chapter 4 · Verse 3 — It is the same ancient Yoga that I am now teaching you, for ... Chapter 4 · Verse 4 — Arjuna said, "Your birth was later, and Vivasvan's birth was... Chapter 4 · Verse 5 — The Lord said, "Many of My births have passed, O Arjuna, as ... Chapter 4 · Verse 6 — Though I am birthless and of immutable nature, and the Lord ... Chapter 4 · Verse 7 — Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase... Chapter 4 · Verse 8 — To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to r... Chapter 4 · Verse 9 — He who thus knows in truth My divine birth and actions does ... Chapter 4 · Verse 10 — Freed from desire, fear, and wrath, absorbed in Me, dependin... Chapter 4 · Verse 11 — Whoever resorts to Me in any manner, I favor them in the sam... Chapter 4 · Verse 12 — Those who desire the fruits of their ritualistic acts, sacri... Chapter 4 · Verse 13 — The system of four stations was created by Me, according to ... Chapter 4 · Verse 14 — Works cannot contaminate Me. There is no desire for the frui... Chapter 4 · Verse 15 — Knowing thus, even ancient seekers of liberation did their w... Chapter 4 · Verse 16 — What is action? What is non-action? Even the wise are puzzle... Chapter 4 · Verse 17 — For, there is what ought to be known in action; likewise, th... Chapter 4 · Verse 18 — He who sees inaction in action and also action in inaction i... Chapter 4 · Verse 19 — He whose every undertaking is free from desire and delusive ... Chapter 4 · Verse 20 — Having renounced attachment to the fruits of their actions, ... Chapter 4 · Verse 21 — Free from desire, his intellect and mind controlled, having ... Chapter 4 · Verse 22 — Content with what chance may bring, rising above the pairs o... Chapter 4 · Verse 23 — One whose attachments have been relinquished, who is liberat... Chapter 4 · Verse 24 — Brahman is the instrument with which to offer; Brahman is th... Chapter 4 · Verse 25 — Some yogis resort only to the sacrifice relating to gods; ot... Chapter 4 · Verse 26 — Others offer as oblations hearing and other senses into the ... Chapter 4 · Verse 27 — Some again offer as an oblation the functions of the senses ... Chapter 4 · Verse 28 — Self-controlled and firm of resolve, others perform the sacr... Chapter 4 · Verse 29 — Others, with restricted diets, are devoted to the control of... Chapter 4 · Verse 30 — All these know the meaning of sacrifices, and through sacrif... Chapter 4 · Verse 31 — This world is not for one who makes no sacrifice; how then f... Chapter 4 · Verse 32 — Thus, many forms of sacrifices have been spread out as means... Chapter 4 · Verse 33 — The sacrifice of knowledge is superior to material sacrifice... Chapter 4 · Verse 34 — Know this through prostration, questioning, and service. The... Chapter 4 · Verse 35 — Knowing this, O Arjuna, you will not fall again into delusio... Chapter 4 · Verse 36 — Even if you are the most sinful of all sinners, you can cros... Chapter 4 · Verse 37 — Just as a burning fire turns fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so doe... Chapter 4 · Verse 38 — For there is no purifier equal to knowledge; he who is perfe... Chapter 4 · Verse 39 — He who has faith, is intent on it, and has mastered his sens... Chapter 4 · Verse 40 — The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting one perish; fo... Chapter 4 · Verse 41 — Actions do not bind him, O Arjuna, who has renounced them th... Chapter 4 · Verse 42 — Therefore, sever, with the sword of knowledge, this doubt pr... Chapter 5 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said, "O Krsna, you praise the renunciation of action... Chapter 5 · Verse 2 — The Lord said, "Renunciation of actions and Karma Yoga both ... Chapter 5 · Verse 3 — He who neither hates nor desires, and is beyond the pairs of... Chapter 5 · Verse 4 — Children, not the learned, speak of Sankhya and Yoga as dist... Chapter 5 · Verse 5 — That state which is reached by the Sankhyans, the same is al... Chapter 5 · Verse 6 — But, O mighty-armed one, renunciation is hard to attain with... Chapter 5 · Verse 7 — He who follows the Yoga and is pure in mind, who has subdued... Chapter 5 · Verse 8 — The one who knows the truth and is devoted to yoga should th... Chapter 5 · Verse 9 — Speaking, discharging, grasping, opening, and closing his ey... Chapter 5 · Verse 10 — He who acts without attachment, reposing all actions on Brah... Chapter 5 · Verse 11 — Yogins, renouncing attachment, do actions with merely the bo... Chapter 5 · Verse 12 — A yogi, renouncing the fruits of their actions, attains last... Chapter 5 · Verse 13 — The embodied self, mentally resigning all actions as belongi... Chapter 5 · Verse 14 — The Lord of the body (the Self, i.e., the Jiva) does not cre... Chapter 5 · Verse 15 — The all-pervasive One takes away neither the sin nor the mer... Chapter 5 · Verse 16 — But for those in whom this ignorance is destroyed by the kno... Chapter 5 · Verse 17 — Those whose intellects pursue it, whose minds think about it... Chapter 5 · Verse 18 — The sages look with an equal eye on one endowed with learnin... Chapter 5 · Verse 19 — Here itself, those whose minds rest in equanimity overcome s... Chapter 5 · Verse 20 — He who knows Brahman (individual self) and abides in Brahman... Chapter 5 · Verse 21 — He whose mind is detached from external contact and finds ha... Chapter 5 · Verse 22 — For those pleasures that are born of contact are wombs of pa... Chapter 5 · Verse 23 — He who is able, even here, before being released from the bo... Chapter 5 · Verse 24 — He whose joy is within, whose pleasure is within, and whose ... Chapter 5 · Verse 25 — The sages, who are free from the pairs of opposites, whose m... Chapter 5 · Verse 26 — To those who are free from desire and wrath, who are accusto... Chapter 5 · Verse 27 — Shutting off outward contacts, fixing the gaze between the e... Chapter 5 · Verse 28 — The sage who has controlled his senses, mind, and intellect,... Chapter 5 · Verse 29 — Knowing Me as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities,... Chapter 6 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "He who performs works that ought to be done ... Chapter 6 · Verse 2 — That which is called Sannyasa (Jnana Yoga), know that to be ... Chapter 6 · Verse 3 — Action is said to be the means for the sage who seeks to cli... Chapter 6 · Verse 4 — For, when one loses attachment to the things of the senses a... Chapter 6 · Verse 5 — Elevate yourself through the power of your mind, and not deg... Chapter 6 · Verse 6 — The mind is the friend of him by whom it has been conquered.... Chapter 6 · Verse 7 — Of him whose mind is conquered and who is serene, the great ... Chapter 6 · Verse 8 — The yogin whose mind is content with knowledge of the self a... Chapter 6 · Verse 9 — He who regards with an equal eye well-wishers, friends, foes... Chapter 6 · Verse 10 — The yogin should constantly fix his mind on yoga, remaining ... Chapter 6 · Verse 11 — Having established for himself, in a clean spot, a firm seat... Chapter 6 · Verse 12 — Sitting on the seat, with a concentrated mind, controlling t... Chapter 6 · Verse 13 — Holding the trunk, head, and neck erect, motionless and stea... Chapter 6 · Verse 14 — Serene and fearless, firm in their vow of celibacy, controll... Chapter 6 · Verse 15 — Applying his mind in this way, the Yogin of controlled mind,... Chapter 6 · Verse 16 — Yoga is not for him who overeats, nor for him who fasts exce... Chapter 6 · Verse 17 — Yoga becomes the destroyer of sorrows for those who are temp... Chapter 6 · Verse 18 — When the subdued mind rests solely on the Self, then, free f... Chapter 6 · Verse 19 — A lamp does not flicker in a windless place"—that is the sim... Chapter 6 · Verse 20 — Where the mind, controlled through the practice of Yoga, res... Chapter 6 · Verse 21 — Where one knows that infinite happiness which can be grasped... Chapter 6 · Verse 22 — Having gained it, one holds that there is no greater gain; b... Chapter 6 · Verse 23 — Know this deliverance from association with misery to be Yog... Chapter 6 · Verse 24 — Renouncing entirely all desires born of volition and restrai... Chapter 6 · Verse 25 — Little by little, one should withdraw oneself from objects o... Chapter 6 · Verse 26 — Wherever the fickle and unsteady mind wanders, one should su... Chapter 6 · Verse 27 — For supreme happiness comes to the Yogin whose mind is at pe... Chapter 6 · Verse 28 — Thus, devoting himself to the Yoga of the Self, freed from i... Chapter 6 · Verse 29 — He whose mind is fixed in Yoga sees reality everywhere; he s... Chapter 6 · Verse 30 — To him who sees Me in every self and every self in Me—I am n... Chapter 6 · Verse 31 — The yogi who, fixed in oneness, worships Me dwelling in all ... Chapter 6 · Verse 32 — He who, due to the similarity of selves everywhere, sees ple... Chapter 6 · Verse 33 — Arjuna said, "O Krsna, this Yoga of reality, which You have ... Chapter 6 · Verse 34 — For the mind is fickle, O Krsna, impetuous, powerful, and st... Chapter 6 · Verse 35 — Lord Krishna said: O mighty-armed Arjuna, it is undoubtedly ... Chapter 6 · Verse 36 — In my opinion, Yoga is hard to attain by a person of an unre... Chapter 6 · Verse 37 — Arjuna said, "If a person who is possessed of faith but has ... Chapter 6 · Verse 38 — Without any support, confused in the path leading to the Bra... Chapter 6 · Verse 39 — O Krsna, you should altogether remove this doubt of mine, fo... Chapter 6 · Verse 40 — The Lord said, "Neither here in this world nor there in the ... Chapter 6 · Verse 41 — He who has fallen away from Yoga is born again in the house ... Chapter 6 · Verse 42 — Or he is born into a family of wise yogis. But such a birth ... Chapter 6 · Verse 43 — There, O Arjuna, he regains the disposition of mind that he ... Chapter 6 · Verse 44 — By the power of his earlier practice, he is carried forward ... Chapter 6 · Verse 45 — But the yogi, striving earnestly, cleansed of all his stains... Chapter 6 · Verse 46 — Greater than the ascetics, greater than those who possess kn... Chapter 6 · Verse 47 — He who, with faith, worships Me, and whose innermost self is... Chapter 7 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "With your mind focused on Me, taking Me as y... Chapter 7 · Verse 2 — I will declare to you in full this knowledge of God, along w... Chapter 7 · Verse 3 — Among thousands of men, some strive for perfection; even amo... Chapter 7 · Verse 4 — Earth, water, fire, air, ether, Manas, Buddhi, and the ego-s... Chapter 7 · Verse 5 — This is My lower Prakṛti. But, O mighty-armed one, know that... Chapter 7 · Verse 6 — Know that all beings have these two as the source of their b... Chapter 7 · Verse 7 — There is nothing higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strun... Chapter 7 · Verse 8 — I am the taste in the waters, O Arjuna! I am the light in th... Chapter 7 · Verse 9 — I am the pure scent in the earth; I am the radiance in the f... Chapter 7 · Verse 10 — Know Me, O Arjuna, to be the primeval seed of all beings. I ... Chapter 7 · Verse 11 — In the strong, I am strength, devoid of desire and passion. ... Chapter 7 · Verse 12 — Know that all those states of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas are f... Chapter 7 · Verse 13 — The entire universe is deluded by these three states origina... Chapter 7 · Verse 14 — (a) For this divine Maya or Mine, consisting of the three Gu... Chapter 7 · Verse 15 — The evil-doers, the foolish, the lowest of men, those person... Chapter 7 · Verse 16 — Four types of men of good deeds worship Me, O Arjuna: the di... Chapter 7 · Verse 17 — Of these, the man of knowledge, who is ever with Me in Yoga ... Chapter 7 · Verse 18 — All these are indeed generous, but I deem the man of knowled... Chapter 7 · Verse 19 — At the end of many births, the man of knowledge finds refuge... Chapter 7 · Verse 20 — Controlled by their inherent nature, and deprived of knowled... Chapter 7 · Verse 21 — Whichever devotee seeks to worship with faith whatever form,... Chapter 7 · Verse 22 — Endowed with that faith, he worships that form and thereby g... Chapter 7 · Verse 23 — But the fruit gained by these men of small understanding is ... Chapter 7 · Verse 24 — Not knowing My higher, immutable, and unsurpassed nature, th... Chapter 7 · Verse 25 — Veiled by my Maya, I am not manifest to all; this deluded wo... Chapter 7 · Verse 26 — I know all beings, O Arjuna, past, present, and those to com... Chapter 7 · Verse 27 — O Arjuna, all beings are deluded as soon as they are born, d... Chapter 7 · Verse 28 — But those who have done good deeds, whose sins have come to ... Chapter 7 · Verse 29 — Those who take refuge in Me and strive for deliverance from ... Chapter 7 · Verse 30 — And those who know Me with the Adhibhuta, Adhidaiva, and Adh... Chapter 8 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said, O Supreme Person, what is Brahman? What exists ... Chapter 8 · Verse 2 — O Madhusudana, how is the entity existing in the sacrifice h... Chapter 8 · Verse 3 — The Blessed Lord said, "The Immutable is the supreme Brahman... Chapter 8 · Verse 4 — That which exists in the physical plane is the mutable entit... Chapter 8 · Verse 5 — And at the time of death, anyone who departs, giving up the ... Chapter 8 · Verse 6 — O son of Kunti, thinking of any entity, whichever it may be,... Chapter 8 · Verse 7 — Therefore, think of Me at all times and fight; there is no d... Chapter 8 · Verse 8 — O son of Prtha, by meditating with a mind engaged in the yog... Chapter 8 · Verse 9 — He who meditates on the Omniscient, the Ancient, the Ruler, ... Chapter 8 · Verse 10 — At the time of death, having fully fixed the Prana (vital fo... Chapter 8 · Verse 11 — I will briefly speak to you of that immutable Goal, which th... Chapter 8 · Verse 12 — Having controlled all the senses, confined the mind in the h... Chapter 8 · Verse 13 — He who departs, leaving the body while uttering the single s... Chapter 8 · Verse 14 — O son of Prtha, to that yogi of constant concentration and s... Chapter 8 · Verse 15 — As a result of reaching Me, the exalted ones who have attain... Chapter 8 · Verse 16 — O Arjuna, all the worlds together with the world of Brahma a... Chapter 8 · Verse 17 — Those people who know what day and night are, know the day o... Chapter 8 · Verse 18 — With the coming of day, all manifested things emerge from th... Chapter 8 · Verse 19 — O son of Prtha, after being born again and again, that very ... Chapter 8 · Verse 20 — But distinct from that Unmanifested is the other eternal, un... Chapter 8 · Verse 21 — They call Him who has been mentioned as the Unmanifested, th... Chapter 8 · Verse 22 — O son of Prtha, that supreme Person—in whom all beings are i... Chapter 8 · Verse 23 — O best of the Bharata dynasty, I shall now speak of that tim... Chapter 8 · Verse 24 — Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months o... Chapter 8 · Verse 25 — Following this Path, the yogi, having reached the lunar ligh... Chapter 8 · Verse 26 — These two paths of the world, which are white and black, are... Chapter 8 · Verse 27 — O son of Prtha, no yogi—one steadfast in meditation—whosoeve... Chapter 8 · Verse 28 — Having known this, the yogi transcends all the results of ri... Chapter 9 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "I shall declare to you, who does not cavil, ... Chapter 9 · Verse 2 — This is the royal science, the royal mystery, the supreme pu... Chapter 9 · Verse 3 — Men devoid of faith in this Dharma, O scorcher of foes, ever... Chapter 9 · Verse 4 — This entire universe is pervaded by Me, in an unmanifest for... Chapter 9 · Verse 5 — Yet, beings do not remain in Me. Behold My divine Yoga. I am... Chapter 9 · Verse 6 — As the powerful element air, moving everywhere, ever remains... Chapter 9 · Verse 7 — All beings, O Arjuna, enter into My Prakriti at the end of a... Chapter 9 · Verse 8 — Controlling the Prakṛti, which is My own, I send forth again... Chapter 9 · Verse 9 — But these actions do not bind Me, O Arjuna, for I remain det... Chapter 9 · Verse 10 — Under My supervision, Prakrti gives birth to all mobile and ... Chapter 9 · Verse 11 — Fools disregard Me, dwelling in a human form, not knowing My... Chapter 9 · Verse 12 — Senseless people have a nature that is deluding and similar ... Chapter 9 · Verse 13 — But the great-souled ones, O Arjuna, who are associated with... Chapter 9 · Verse 14 — Aspiring for eternal communion with Me, they worship Me, alw... Chapter 9 · Verse 15 — Others, besides offering the sacrifice of knowledge, also wo... Chapter 9 · Verse 16 — I am Kratu, I am the sacrifice, I am the offering to the man... Chapter 9 · Verse 17 — I am the father, mother, creator, and grandfather of the uni... Chapter 9 · Verse 18 — I am the goal, the supporter, the Lord, the witness, the abo... Chapter 9 · Verse 19 — I give heat, I withhold and send forth the rain; I am immort... Chapter 9 · Verse 20 — Those who are versed in the three Vedas, having been purifie... Chapter 9 · Verse 21 — Having enjoyed the spacious world of heaven, they return to ... Chapter 9 · Verse 22 — To those who always think of Me with exclusive devotion, who... Chapter 9 · Verse 23 — Even those who are devoted to other divinities with faith in... Chapter 9 · Verse 24 — For, I am the only enjoyer and the only Lord of all sacrific... Chapter 9 · Verse 25 — Devotees of gods go to the gods; manes-worshippers go to the... Chapter 9 · Verse 26 — Whoever offers Me with true devotion a leaf, a flower, a fru... Chapter 9 · Verse 27 — Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer, whate... Chapter 9 · Verse 28 — Thus equipped in mind with the Yoga of renunciation, you wil... Chapter 9 · Verse 29 — I am the same to all creation; there is none hateful or dear... Chapter 9 · Verse 30 — Even if the vilest sinner worships Me with exclusive devotio... Chapter 9 · Verse 31 — Quickly, he becomes righteous and obtains everlasting peace.... Chapter 9 · Verse 32 — By taking refuge in Me, even those of evil birth, women, Vai... Chapter 9 · Verse 33 — How much more then, for the pure Brahmanas and royal sages w... Chapter 9 · Verse 34 — Focus your mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me. Bow down t... Chapter 10 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "Further, O Arjuna, listen to My Supreme word... Chapter 10 · Verse 2 — Neither the host of gods nor the great sages know My power; ... Chapter 10 · Verse 3 — He who knows Me as unborn, without a beginning, and the grea... Chapter 10 · Verse 4 — Intelligence, knowledge, non-delusion, forbearance, truth, r... Chapter 10 · Verse 5 — Non-violence, reality, cheerfulness, austerity, beneficence,... Chapter 10 · Verse 6 — The seven great seers of yore, as well as the four Manus, al... Chapter 10 · Verse 7 — He who truly knows this supreme manifestation and splendor o... Chapter 10 · Verse 8 — I am the origin of all; from me everything proceeds. Thinkin... Chapter 10 · Verse 9 — With their minds focused on Me, their pranas centered in Me,... Chapter 10 · Verse 10 — To those who are ceaselessly united with Me and who worship ... Chapter 10 · Verse 11 — Out of compassion for them alone, I, abiding in their mental... Chapter 10 · Verse 12 — Arjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Light... Chapter 10 · Verse 13 — Arjuna said, "You are the Supreme Brahman, the Supreme Light... Chapter 10 · Verse 14 — I deem as true all that you have said to me, O Krishna. Trul... Chapter 10 · Verse 15 — O Supreme Person, O Creator of beings, O Lord of beings, O G... Chapter 10 · Verse 16 — You should tell Me without reserve Your divine manifestation... Chapter 10 · Verse 17 — How can I, Your devotee, know You by constantly meditating o... Chapter 10 · Verse 18 — Speak to me again in full, O Krishna, about Your attributes ... Chapter 10 · Verse 19 — The Lord said, "Indeed, I shall tell you, O Arjuna, My auspi... Chapter 10 · Verse 20 — I am the Self, O Arjuna, dwelling in the hearts of all being... Chapter 10 · Verse 21 — Of the Adityas, I am Vishnu; of luminous bodies, I am the ra... Chapter 10 · Verse 22 — Of the Vedas, I am the Samaveda; of gods, I am Indra; of sen... Chapter 10 · Verse 23 — Of the Rudras, I am Sankara. Of the Yaksas and Raksasas, I a... Chapter 10 · Verse 24 — Among family priests, O Arjuna, know Me to be the chief Brha... Chapter 10 · Verse 25 — Of the great seers, I am Bhrgu; of words, I am the single-le... Chapter 10 · Verse 26 — Of trees I am the Asvattha; of celestial seers, I am Narada;... Chapter 10 · Verse 27 — Of horses, know Me to be Uccaihsravas, the nectar-born. Of l... Chapter 10 · Verse 28 — Of weapons, I am the Vajra (thunderbolt); of cows, I am Kama... Chapter 10 · Verse 29 — Of snakes, I am Ananta; of aquatic beings, I am Varuna; of m... Chapter 10 · Verse 30 — Of Daityas, I am Prahlada; of reckoners, I am Death; of beas... Chapter 10 · Verse 31 — Of moving things, I am the wind; of those who bear weapons, ... Chapter 10 · Verse 32 — Of creatures, I am the beginning, the middle, and the end, O... Chapter 10 · Verse 33 — Of letters, I am the alphabet 'A'; of compound words, I am t... Chapter 10 · Verse 34 — I am also death, which snatches away all. I am the origin of... Chapter 10 · Verse 35 — Of Saman hymns, I am the Brhatsaman; of meters, I am the Gay... Chapter 10 · Verse 36 — Of the fraudulent, I am gambling; I am the brilliance of the... Chapter 10 · Verse 37 — Of the Vrsnis, I am Vasudeva; of the Pandavas, I am Arjuna; ... Chapter 10 · Verse 38 — Of those who punish, I am the principle of punishment. Of th... Chapter 10 · Verse 39 — I am also that which is the seed of all beings, O Arjuna. No... Chapter 10 · Verse 40 — There is no limit to My divine manifestations. Here, I have ... Chapter 10 · Verse 41 — Whatever being is possessed of power, or splendour, or energ... Chapter 10 · Verse 42 — But of what use is all this extensive knowledge to you, O Ar... Chapter 11 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said, "To show favor to me, You have told me that mos... Chapter 11 · Verse 2 — O Krsna, I have heard in detail about the origin and dissolu... Chapter 11 · Verse 3 — O Supreme Lord, as You have described Yourself, so You are. ... Chapter 11 · Verse 4 — If you think, O Lord, that it can be seen by me, then, O Lor... Chapter 11 · Verse 5 — The Lord said, "Behold, O Arjuna, My forms, hundreds upon th... Chapter 11 · Verse 6 — Behold, O Arjuna, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the tw... Chapter 11 · Verse 7 — Behold here, O Arjuna, the entire universe with its mobile a... Chapter 11 · Verse 8 — But you will not be able to see Me with your own eyes. I giv... Chapter 11 · Verse 9 — Sanjaya said, "O King, having spoken, Sri Krishna, the great... Chapter 11 · Verse 10 — With innumerable mouths and eyes, many marvelous aspects, nu... Chapter 11 · Verse 11 — Wearing celestial garlands and raiments, anointed with divin... Chapter 11 · Verse 12 — If a thousand suns were to blaze forth together in the sky, ... Chapter 11 · Verse 13 — There, Arjuna beheld the whole universe, with its manifold d... Chapter 11 · Verse 14 — Then, Arjuna, overcome with amazement, his hairs standing on... Chapter 11 · Verse 15 — Arjuna said, "O Lord, I behold in Your body all the gods, an... Chapter 11 · Verse 16 — With manifold arms, stomachs, mouths, and eyes, I behold You... Chapter 11 · Verse 17 — I behold You as a mass of light, shining everywhere, with a ... Chapter 11 · Verse 18 — You are the Imperishable, Supreme One to be realized. You ar... Chapter 11 · Verse 19 — I behold You as having no beginning, middle, or end; Your mi... Chapter 11 · Verse 20 — You alone have pervaded the interspace between heaven and ea... Chapter 11 · Verse 21 — Verily, the hosts of Devas enter into You. Some, in fear, ex... Chapter 11 · Verse 22 — The Rudras, the Adityas, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Visvas,... Chapter 11 · Verse 23 — Beholding Your great form with many mouths and eyes, many ar... Chapter 11 · Verse 24 — When I behold You touching the Supreme Heaven, shining, mult... Chapter 11 · Verse 25 — Viewing Your mouths, presenting awe-generating fangs and loo... Chapter 11 · Verse 26 — All these sons of Dhrtarastra, together with the hosts of mo... Chapter 11 · Verse 27 — Hasten to enter Your fearful mouths with terrible fangs, cru... Chapter 11 · Verse 28 — As many torrents of rivers flow towards the ocean, so do the... Chapter 11 · Verse 29 — As moths rush swiftly into a blazing fire, leading to their ... Chapter 11 · Verse 30 — Devouring all the worlds on every side with your flaming mou... Chapter 11 · Verse 31 — Tell me, who are You with this terrible form? Salutations to... Chapter 11 · Verse 32 — The Lord said, "I am the world-destroying Time. Manifesting ... Chapter 11 · Verse 33 — Therefore, arise, win glory. Conquering your foes, enjoy a p... Chapter 11 · Verse 34 — Slay Drona, Bhisma, Jayadratha, Karna, as well as other migh... Chapter 11 · Verse 35 — Sanjaya said, Having heard this speech of Krsna, Arjuna did ... Chapter 11 · Verse 36 — Arjuna said, Rightly it is, O Krsna, that Your praise should... Chapter 11 · Verse 37 — (a) And why should they not, O Mahatma, bow down to You who ... Chapter 11 · Verse 38 — (a) You are the Primal God and the Ancient One. You are the ... Chapter 11 · Verse 39 — (a) You are Yayu, Yama, Agni, Varuna, Sashanka, Prajapati, a... Chapter 11 · Verse 40 — (a) Salutations to You from before and behind! Salutations t... Chapter 11 · Verse 41 — Unaware of Your majesty, and either out of negligence or lov... Chapter 11 · Verse 42 — And whatever disrespect has been shown to You in jest, while... Chapter 11 · Verse 43 — You are the father of this world, of all that moves and does... Chapter 11 · Verse 44 — Therefore, bowing down and prostrating my body, I implore Yo... Chapter 11 · Verse 45 — Seeing something never seen before, I am delighted. But my m... Chapter 11 · Verse 46 — I wish to see You ever as before, with crown and mace and di... Chapter 11 · Verse 47 — The Lord said, "By My grace, O Arjuna, this Supreme Form, lu... Chapter 11 · Verse 48 — Neither through the study of the Vedas, nor by sacrifices, n... Chapter 11 · Verse 49 — You need not fear any longer, nor be perplexed, looking upon... Chapter 11 · Verse 50 — Sanjaya said, Having thus spoken to Arjuna, Sri Krsna once m... Chapter 11 · Verse 51 — Arjuna said, "Having beheld Your human and pleasing form, O ... Chapter 11 · Verse 52 — The Lord said, "It is very hard to behold this form of Mine ... Chapter 11 · Verse 53 — Sri Krishna says, "I cannot be seen in such a form as You ha... Chapter 11 · Verse 54 — But by single-minded devotion, O Arjuna, it is possible to t... Chapter 11 · Verse 55 — Whoever works for Me, regards Me as the highest and is devot... Chapter 12 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said: Which of these has greater knowledge of yoga—th... Chapter 12 · Verse 2 — The Lord said, "Those who, ever integrated with Me and posse... Chapter 12 · Verse 3 — But those who meditate on the Imperishable, the indefinable,... Chapter 12 · Verse 4 — Having subdued all the senses, being even-minded, and engage... Chapter 12 · Verse 5 — Greater is the difficulty for those whose minds are thus att... Chapter 12 · Verse 6 — For those who dedicate all their actions to Me, hold Me as t... Chapter 12 · Verse 7 — Those whose minds are thus focused on Me, I soon become thei... Chapter 12 · Verse 8 — Focus your mind on Me alone; and let your intellect enter in... Chapter 12 · Verse 9 — If now you are unable to focus your mind on Me, then seek to... Chapter 12 · Verse 10 — If you are incapable of even this practice of repetition, th... Chapter 12 · Verse 11 — If you are unable to do even this—that is, take refuge in My... Chapter 12 · Verse 12 — Far better is knowledge of the Self than the repeated practi... Chapter 12 · Verse 13 — One who is free from malice toward all beings, who is friend... Chapter 12 · Verse 14 — He who is content, who meditates ever, is self-restrained, a... Chapter 12 · Verse 15 — He from whom the world has no cause to be frightened, who is... Chapter 12 · Verse 16 — He who is free from desires, who is pure, expert, indifferen... Chapter 12 · Verse 17 — He who does not rejoice, nor hate, nor grieve, nor desire, w... Chapter 12 · Verse 18 — He who is the same to foe and friend, honor and dishonor, wh... Chapter 12 · Verse 19 — He who regards both blame and praise alike, who is silent an... Chapter 12 · Verse 20 — But those devotees who follow this nectar of virtuous duty, ... Chapter 13 · Verse 1 — This is not a sentence, so there is nothing to fix. Chapter 13 · Verse 2 — The Lord said, "O Arjuna, this body is called the Field, Kse... Chapter 13 · Verse 3 — And know Me also as the Knower of all Fields, O Arjuna. In M... Chapter 13 · Verse 4 — Listen briefly from Me what the Field is, what it is like, w... Chapter 13 · Verse 5 — It has been sung by seers in various ways, in various distin... Chapter 13 · Verse 6 — The great elements, the Ahankara, the Buddhi, the Avyakta, t... Chapter 13 · Verse 7 — Desire, hatred, pleasure, and pain, and the combination that... Chapter 13 · Verse 8 — Modesty, absence of ostentation, non-injury, patience, since... Chapter 13 · Verse 9 — Absence of desire for sense-objects, and also absence of ego... Chapter 13 · Verse 10 — Non-attachment, absence of clinging to son, wife, home, and ... Chapter 13 · Verse 11 — Constantly devote yourself to Me alone, resort to solitary p... Chapter 13 · Verse 12 — Constant contemplation on the knowledge pertaining to the se... Chapter 13 · Verse 13 — I shall declare that which is to be known, knowing which one... Chapter 13 · Verse 14 — Its hands and feet are everywhere; Its eyes, heads, and mout... Chapter 13 · Verse 15 — Shining by the functions of the senses, yet devoid of the se... Chapter 13 · Verse 16 — It is within and without all beings; It is unmoving yet movi... Chapter 13 · Verse 17 — Undivided yet appearing as if divided among beings, this Sel... Chapter 13 · Verse 18 — The light of all lights is said to be beyond Tamas (darkness... Chapter 13 · Verse 19 — Thus, the Ksetra, knowledge, and the object of knowledge hav... Chapter 13 · Verse 20 — Know that both Prakṛti and the Self (Puruṣa) are without beg... Chapter 13 · Verse 21 — The Prakṛti is said to be the cause of agency to the body (K... Chapter 13 · Verse 22 — (a) Indeed, the self seated in Prakrti experiences the Gunas... Chapter 13 · Verse 23 — The self in the body is called the spectator, approver, supp... Chapter 13 · Verse 24 — He who understands the Self and Prakriti, along with the Gun... Chapter 13 · Verse 25 — Some perceive the Self within the self (body) through medita... Chapter 13 · Verse 26 — But some, who do not know this, having heard from others, wo... Chapter 13 · Verse 27 — Whatever being is born, whether it be moving or stationary, ... Chapter 13 · Verse 28 — Who sees the supreme ruler dwelling alike in all bodies and ... Chapter 13 · Verse 29 — For, seeing the ruler abiding alike in every place, he does ... Chapter 13 · Verse 30 — He who sees that all acts are done universally by Prakrti al... Chapter 13 · Verse 31 — When he perceives the independent modes of existence of all ... Chapter 13 · Verse 32 — This supreme Self, though dwelling in the body, is immutable... Chapter 13 · Verse 33 — As the all-pervading ether is not tainted due to its subtlet... Chapter 13 · Verse 34 — As the one sun illuminates this entire world, so does the Kn... Chapter 13 · Verse 35 — Those who thus discern, with the eye of knowledge, the diffe... Chapter 14 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "I shall declare again another kind of knowle... Chapter 14 · Verse 2 — Resorting to this knowledge, partaking in My Nature, they ar... Chapter 14 · Verse 3 — My womb is the great Brahman (i.e. Prakṛti). In it, I lay th... Chapter 14 · Verse 4 — Whatever forms are produced in any womb, O Arjuna, the Prakṛ... Chapter 14 · Verse 5 — The Gunas of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas arise from Prakrti and... Chapter 14 · Verse 6 — Of these, sattva, being without impurity, is luminous and fr... Chapter 14 · Verse 7 — Know, O Arjuna, that Rajas is of the nature of passion sprin... Chapter 14 · Verse 8 — Know that Tamas is born of false knowledge and deludes all e... Chapter 14 · Verse 9 — Sattva generates attachment to pleasure, Rajas to action, O ... Chapter 14 · Verse 10 — Prevailing over Rajas and Tamas, Sattva predominates, O Arju... Chapter 14 · Verse 11 — When knowledge, like light, illuminates from all gateways (i... Chapter 14 · Verse 12 — Greed, activity, undertaking of work, restlessness, and long... Chapter 14 · Verse 13 — Non-illumination, inactivity, negligence, and even delusion—... Chapter 14 · Verse 14 — If the embodied self dissolves when Sattva prevails, then it... Chapter 14 · Verse 15 — (a) When Rajas is prevalent, one meets with dissolution and ... Chapter 14 · Verse 16 — It is said that the fruit of a good deed is pure and of the ... Chapter 14 · Verse 17 — From Sattva arises knowledge, from Rajas arises greed, from ... Chapter 14 · Verse 18 — Those who rest in Sattva ascend upwards; those who abide in ... Chapter 14 · Verse 19 — When the seer beholds no agent of action other than the Guna... Chapter 14 · Verse 20 — The embodied Self, crossing beyond these three Gunas that ar... Chapter 14 · Verse 21 — Arjuna said, "What are the marks of a person who has transce... Chapter 14 · Verse 22 — The Lord said, "He does not hate illumination, nor activity,... Chapter 14 · Verse 23 — He who sits like one unconcerned, undisturbed by the Gunas; ... Chapter 14 · Verse 24 — He who is alike in pleasure and pain, who dwells in his Self... Chapter 14 · Verse 25 — He who is the same in honor and dishonor, and the same to fr... Chapter 14 · Verse 26 — And he who, with unwavering devotion through Yoga, serves Me... Chapter 14 · Verse 27 — For I am the ground of Brahman, the immortal, immutable, and... Chapter 15 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "They speak of an immutable Asvattha tree wit... Chapter 15 · Verse 2 — (a) Its branches extend both above and below, nourished by t... Chapter 15 · Verse 3 — Its form is not perceived here, nor its end, nor its beginni... Chapter 15 · Verse 4 — Then, one should seek that goal, attaining which one never r... Chapter 15 · Verse 5 — Without the delusion of perverse notions concerning the self... Chapter 15 · Verse 6 — That supreme light, upon reaching which they do not return a... Chapter 15 · Verse 7 — An everlasting part of Myself, having become the bound self ... Chapter 15 · Verse 8 — Whatever body its lord acquires and from whatever body it de... Chapter 15 · Verse 9 — Presiding over the ear, the eye, the sense of touch, the ton... Chapter 15 · Verse 10 — The deluded do not perceive it conjoined with the Gunas when... Chapter 15 · Verse 11 — The striving yogis perceive it established in themselves. Bu... Chapter 15 · Verse 12 — Know that the brilliance which illumines the whole universe ... Chapter 15 · Verse 13 — And, entering the earth, I uphold all beings with My strengt... Chapter 15 · Verse 14 — Becoming the digestive fire, I function within the bodies of... Chapter 15 · Verse 15 — And I am seated in the hearts of all. From Me come memory, k... Chapter 15 · Verse 16 — There are two kinds of persons spoken of in the sastra: the ... Chapter 15 · Verse 17 — There is a Supreme Person other than these. He is referred t... Chapter 15 · Verse 18 — Because I transcend the perishable person and am also higher... Chapter 15 · Verse 19 — He who, without delusion, thus knows Me as the Supreme Self,... Chapter 15 · Verse 20 — Thus, O sinless one, this most mysterious doctrine has been ... Chapter 16 · Verse 1 — The Lord said, "Fearlessness, purity of mind, devotion to me... Chapter 16 · Verse 2 — Non-injury, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranqui... Chapter 16 · Verse 3 — Grandeur, patience, fortitude, purity, freedom from hatred a... Chapter 16 · Verse 4 — Pompousness, arrogance, self-conceit, wrath, rudeness, and i... Chapter 16 · Verse 5 — The divine destiny is said to lead to liberation, while the ... Chapter 16 · Verse 6 — There are two types of beings in this world: the divine and ... Chapter 16 · Verse 7 — The demoniacal men neither know action nor renunciation. The... Chapter 16 · Verse 8 — They maintain: 'The universe is without truth, with no found... Chapter 16 · Verse 9 — Holding this view, these men of lost souls and feeble unders... Chapter 16 · Verse 10 — Turning to insatiable desires, seizing through delusion unju... Chapter 16 · Verse 11 — Obsessed by unlimited cares that end with dissolution, looki... Chapter 16 · Verse 12 — Bound by hundreds of fetters of hopes, given over to desire ... Chapter 16 · Verse 13 — 'This I have gained today, and this desire I shall attain. T... Chapter 16 · Verse 14 — 'I have slain this enemy, and I shall slay others too. I am ... Chapter 16 · Verse 15 — 'I am wealthy and high-born; who else is equal to me? I shal... Chapter 16 · Verse 16 — Bewildered by numerous thoughts, ensnared in the net of delu... Chapter 16 · Verse 17 — Self-conceited, self-sufficient, intoxicated by wealth and p... Chapter 16 · Verse 18 — Depending on their egoism, power, and pride, as well as thei... Chapter 16 · Verse 19 — Those who are hateful, cruel, the vilest and most inauspicio... Chapter 16 · Verse 20 — Fallen into demoniac wombs in birth after birth, these delud... Chapter 16 · Verse 21 — Desire, wrath, and greed—these are the three gateways to Nar... Chapter 16 · Verse 22 — One who has been released from these three gates of darkness... Chapter 16 · Verse 23 — He who, abandoning the injunctions of the Sastras, acts unde... Chapter 16 · Verse 24 — Therefore, let the Sastra be your authority for determining ... Chapter 17 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said, "Now, O Krsna, what is the position or basis of... Chapter 17 · Verse 2 — The Lord said, "The faith of embodied beings is threefold, b... Chapter 17 · Verse 3 — O Arjuna, the faith of everyone is in accordance with their ... Chapter 17 · Verse 4 — The sattvic types worship the gods; the rajasic types worshi... Chapter 17 · Verse 5 — Those men who practice terrible austerities not enjoined by ... Chapter 17 · Verse 6 — These foolish men, who torture the group of elements in thei... Chapter 17 · Verse 7 — Even the food that is dear to all is threefold; so too are s... Chapter 17 · Verse 8 — Foods that promote longevity, intellectual alertness, streng... Chapter 17 · Verse 9 — Foods that are bitter, sour, very salty, excessively heating... Chapter 17 · Verse 10 — That food which is stale, tasteless, putrid, decayed, reject... Chapter 17 · Verse 11 — The sacrifice (worship) marked by Sattva is what is offered ... Chapter 17 · Verse 12 — But that sacrifice which is offered with the intention of ga... Chapter 17 · Verse 13 — That sacrifice which is devoid of authority, which uses offe... Chapter 17 · Verse 14 — Worshiping the gods, the twice-born, the preceptors, the enl... Chapter 17 · Verse 15 — Speech that causes no shock, is true, pleasant, and benefici... Chapter 17 · Verse 16 — Serenity of mind, benevolence, silence, self-control, and pu... Chapter 17 · Verse 17 — The threefold austerity, practiced with supreme faith by men... Chapter 17 · Verse 18 — That austerity, practiced with ostentation for the sake of g... Chapter 17 · Verse 19 — That austerity which is practised from deluded notions by me... Chapter 17 · Verse 20 — Gifts given with the feeling that it is one's own duty to gi... Chapter 17 · Verse 21 — But that which is given as a consideration for something rec... Chapter 17 · Verse 22 — That gift which is given at the wrong place, wrong time, to ... Chapter 17 · Verse 23 — Om, Tat, Sat—thus, Brahman is denoted by this threefold expr... Chapter 17 · Verse 24 — Therefore, the Veda-enjoined sacrificial acts, gifts, and au... Chapter 17 · Verse 25 — Acts of sacrifice, austerity, and various gifts are performe... Chapter 17 · Verse 26 — This term "Sat" is used in the sense of existence and goodne... Chapter 17 · Verse 27 — Devotion to sacrifice, austerity, and gifts is also referred... Chapter 17 · Verse 28 — Whatever offering or gift is made, whatever austerity is pra... Chapter 18 · Verse 1 — Arjuna said, "I desire to know the truth about renunciation ... Chapter 18 · Verse 2 — The Lord said, "The sages hold that Sannyasa is the giving u... Chapter 18 · Verse 3 — Some sages say that all actions should be abandoned as evil;... Chapter 18 · Verse 4 — Listen to My decision, O Arjuna, concerning abandonment; for... Chapter 18 · Verse 5 — (a) The acts of sacrifice, gifts, and austerities should not... Chapter 18 · Verse 6 — It is My decided and final view that even these acts should ... Chapter 18 · Verse 7 — But the renunciation of obligatory acts is not proper; aband... Chapter 18 · Verse 8 — He who renounces acts that are painful out of fear of bodily... Chapter 18 · Verse 9 — When actions are performed as they ought to be done, O Arjun... Chapter 18 · Verse 10 — One who has abandoned, imbued with Sattva, wise, and whose d... Chapter 18 · Verse 11 — For, it is impossible for one who has a body to completely a... Chapter 18 · Verse 12 — Undesirable, desirable, and mixed—thus, threefold is the fru... Chapter 18 · Verse 13 — Learn from Me, O Arjuna, these five causes for the accomplis... Chapter 18 · Verse 14 — The seat of action, the agent, the various kinds of organs, ... Chapter 18 · Verse 15 — For whatever action a person undertakes with their body, spe... Chapter 18 · Verse 16 — Therefore, he who, due to his uncultivated understanding, pe... Chapter 18 · Verse 17 — He who is free from the notion of 'I am the doer,' and whose... Chapter 18 · Verse 18 — Knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the knower are the t... Chapter 18 · Verse 19 — Knowledge, action, and agent are declared in the science of ... Chapter 18 · Verse 20 — Know that knowledge to be sattvika, by which one sees in all... Chapter 18 · Verse 21 — But that knowledge which sees all beings, due to their indiv... Chapter 18 · Verse 22 — But that knowledge is declared to be Tamasika which clings t... Chapter 18 · Verse 23 — That obligatory act is said to be Sattvika, which is done wi... Chapter 18 · Verse 24 — But that act is said to be Rajasic, which is performed with ... Chapter 18 · Verse 25 — That act is said to be Tamasika which is undertaken through ... Chapter 18 · Verse 26 — That agent is said to be Sattvika, who is free from attachme... Chapter 18 · Verse 27 — That doer is called Rajasika who is passionate, who seeks th... Chapter 18 · Verse 28 — That doer is said to be Tamasika who is unqualified, unrefin... Chapter 18 · Verse 29 — Hear now, O Arjuna, the threefold division of Buddhi (reason... Chapter 18 · Verse 30 — That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which knows activity and renunciation... Chapter 18 · Verse 31 — The Buddhi that gives an erroneous knowledge of Dharma and A... Chapter 18 · Verse 32 — That Buddhi, O Arjuna, which, enveloped in darkness, regards... Chapter 18 · Verse 33 — That fortitude, by which one maintains the unwavering activi... Chapter 18 · Verse 34 — That dhṛti, O Arjuna, by which one, who is desirous of fruit... Chapter 18 · Verse 35 — That Dhrti, by which a foolish person does not give up sleep... Chapter 18 · Verse 36 — Now hear from Me, O Arjuna, the threefold division of pleasu... Chapter 18 · Verse 37 — That which, at first, is like a poison but becomes like an e... Chapter 18 · Verse 38 — That pleasure which arises from the contact of senses with t... Chapter 18 · Verse 39 — That pleasure which, at the beginning and end, deludes the s... Chapter 18 · Verse 40 — There is no creature, on earth or among the gods in heaven, ... Chapter 18 · Verse 41 — The duties of the Brahmanas, Ksatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras ... Chapter 18 · Verse 42 — The control of the senses and mind, austerity, purity, forbe... Chapter 18 · Verse 43 — Valor, invincibility, steadiness, dexterity, and not fleeing... Chapter 18 · Verse 44 — Agriculture, cattle-breeding, and trade are the duties of th... Chapter 18 · Verse 45 — Devoting oneself to one's duty, one attains perfection. Hear... Chapter 18 · Verse 46 — From whom all beings arise and by whom all this is pervaded—... Chapter 18 · Verse 47 — Better is one's own duty, though ill done, than the duty of ... Chapter 18 · Verse 48 — One should not relinquish one's work, O Arjuna, though it ma... Chapter 18 · Verse 49 — He whose understanding is unattached on all sides, whose sel... Chapter 18 · Verse 50 — Learn from me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained p... Chapter 18 · Verse 51 — Endowed with a purified understanding, subduing the mind wit... Chapter 18 · Verse 52 — Resorting to solitude, eating sparingly, restraining speech,... Chapter 18 · Verse 53 — Forsaking egoism, power, pride, desire, wrath, and possessio... Chapter 18 · Verse 54 — Having realized the state of Brahman, tranquil, he neither g... Chapter 18 · Verse 55 — Through devotion, he comes to know Me fully—who and what I a... Chapter 18 · Verse 56 — Taking refuge in Me and performing all works constantly, one... Chapter 18 · Verse 57 — Surrender all your actions to Me with your mind, keep Me as ... Chapter 18 · Verse 58 — Focusing your thoughts on Me, you shall, by My grace, cross ... Chapter 18 · Verse 59 — If, in your self-conceit, you think, 'I will not fight,' you... Chapter 18 · Verse 60 — O Arjuna, bound by your own duty born out of your own inner ... Chapter 18 · Verse 61 — The Lord, O Arjuna, abides in the heart of every being, spin... Chapter 18 · Verse 62 — Seek refuge in Him alone, O Arjuna, with the entirety of you... Chapter 18 · Verse 63 — Thus, the knowledge, the mystery of mysteries, has been decl... Chapter 18 · Verse 64 — Hear again My supreme word, the most secret of all; as I am ... Chapter 18 · Verse 65 — Focus your mind on Me. Be My devotee. Worship Me. Prostrate ... Chapter 18 · Verse 66 — Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto M... Chapter 18 · Verse 67 — Never should this be told by you to one who is not austere, ... Chapter 18 · Verse 68 — He who proclaims this supreme mystery among My devotees shal... Chapter 18 · Verse 69 — There is no one among men who does dearer service to Me than... Chapter 18 · Verse 70 — And he who will study our dialogue, which is consistent with... Chapter 18 · Verse 71 — And the man who listens to it with faith and without cavil, ... Chapter 18 · Verse 72 — Have you heard this, O Arjuna, with a single-minded focus? H... Chapter 18 · Verse 73 — Arjuna said, "My delusion has been destroyed, and, by Your g... Chapter 18 · Verse 74 — Sanjaya said, Thus I have heard this wondrous dialogue betwe... Chapter 18 · Verse 75 — By the grace of Vyasa, I have heard this supreme mystery of ... Chapter 18 · Verse 76 — O King, remembering again and again this wondrous and auspic... Chapter 18 · Verse 77 — And, remembering over and over again that most marvelous for... Chapter 18 · Verse 78 — Wherever there is Sri Krsna, the Lord of Yoga, and Arjuna th... Chapter 2 · Verse 20 — The soul is neither born, nor does it ever die; nor having o... Chapter 2 · Verse 14 — O son of Kunti, the contact between the senses and their obj... Chapter 2 · Verse 62 — While contemplating the objects of the senses, a person deve... Chapter 2 · Verse 56 — One whose mind remains undisturbed amidst misery, who does n... Chapter 2 · Verse 27 — For the born, death is certain, and for the dead, birth is c... Chapter 2 · Verse 50 — One who is united in consciousness casts off both good and e...
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