The Bhagavad Gita
Ancient wisdom for a busy, modern mind.
All 701 verses, each as a short film: the Sanskrit chant, what it means, the story behind it, and what it can mean in your life today.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन
Do the work. Let the worry go.
▶ Verse · Meaning · Story · Your life
Eighteen chapters, one conversation
Chapter 1 · 47 verses
Arjuna's Despair
On the battlefield, Arjuna sees his teachers and cousins on the other side, and his courage gives way to grief.
Chapter 2 · 72 verses
The Path of Knowledge
Krishna begins to teach: the Self that never dies, steady wisdom, and action without clinging to results.
Chapter 3 · 43 verses
The Path of Action
Why act at all? Krishna explains work as an offering, done for the world rather than for reward.
Chapter 4 · 42 verses
Knowledge and Action
Krishna reveals he has taught this before, and how knowledge turns action into freedom.
Chapter 5 · 29 verses
The Path of Renunciation
Renunciation or action? The two meet in a mind that is free inside.
Chapter 6 · 47 verses
The Path of Meditation
How to sit, breathe and steady the mind, and how to be gentle with it when it wanders.
Chapter 7 · 30 verses
Knowledge and Wisdom
Krishna describes his nature, in all things like the thread through a string of pearls.
Chapter 8 · 28 verses
The Imperishable
What happens at the end of life, and the imperishable reality behind everything.
Chapter 9 · 34 verses
The Royal Secret
Love offered simply, a leaf, a flower, water, is received.
Chapter 10 · 42 verses
Divine Glories
Where Krishna can be seen: in whatever is radiant, strong and beautiful.
Chapter 11 · 55 verses
The Universal Form
Arjuna asks to see Krishna's universal form, and is shown the whole cosmos at once.
Chapter 12 · 20 verses
The Path of Devotion
The path of devotion, and the qualities of the person dear to Krishna.
Chapter 13 · 35 verses
The Field and its Knower
The body as a field, and the knower who witnesses it.
Chapter 14 · 27 verses
The Three Gunas
Sattva, rajas and tamas, and how to rise beyond them.
Chapter 15 · 20 verses
The Supreme Person
The upside-down tree of the world, and the Supreme Person beyond it.
Chapter 16 · 24 verses
Two Natures
Divine and demonic natures, and the qualities that lead to freedom.
Chapter 17 · 28 verses
Three Kinds of Faith
Faith, food, sacrifice and charity, shaped by the gunas.
Chapter 18 · 78 verses
Freedom
The conclusion: surrender, freedom, and Arjuna ready to act.
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