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hierarchy: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is
Chapter Seventeen
The Divisions of Faith TEXT 1: Arjuna inquired: O Kṛṣṇa, what is TEXT 2: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: According to the modes of nature acquired TEXT 3: O son of Bharata, according to one’s existence under the various modes of nature, TEXT 7: Even the food each person prefers is of three kinds, according to the three modes TEXT 8: Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify
Chapter Eighteen
Conclusion – The Perfection of Renunciation TEXT 1: Arjuna said TEXT 4: O best of the Bhāratas, now hear My judgment about renunciation. TEXT 7: Prescribed duties should never be renounced. TEXT 62: O scion of Bharata, surrender unto Him utterly. TEXT 66: Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me.
Introduction
cosmic manifestation, eternal time and karma, or activities, and all of these are explained in this text
Chapter One
Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra TEXT 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra TEXT 2: Sañjaya said: O King, after looking over the army arranged in military formation TEXT 19: The blowing of these different conchshells became uproarious. TEXT 30: I am now unable to stand here any longer. TEXT 36: Sin will overcome us if we slay such aggressors.
Chapter Two
Contents of the Gītā Summarized TEXT 1: Sañjaya said: Seeing Arjuna TEXT 2: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities TEXT 3: O son of Pṛthā, do not yield to this degrading impotence. TEXT 20: For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. TEXT 25: It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable.
Chapter Three
Karma-yoga TEXT 1: Arjuna said: O Janārdana, O Keśava, why do You TEXT 2: My intelligence is bewildered by Your equivocal instructions. TEXT 8: Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. TEXT 14: All living bodies subsist on food grains, which are produced from rains. TEXT 21: Whatever action a great man performs, common men follow.
Chapter Four
Transcendental Knowledge TEXT 1: The Personality of Godhead, Lord TEXT 4: Arjuna said: The sun-god Vivasvān is senior by birth to You. TEXT 11: As all surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. TEXT 17: The intricacies of action are very hard to understand. TEXT 34: Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master.
Chapter Five
Karma-yoga – Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness TEXT 1: Arjuna said: TEXT 2: The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in devotion TEXT 4: Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from TEXT 5: One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be TEXT 15: Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities.
Chapter Six
Dhyāna-yoga TEXT 1: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One TEXT 5: One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. TEXT 29: A true yogī observes Me in all beings and also sees every being in Me. TEXT 36: For one whose mind is unbridled, self-realization is difficult work. TEXT 39: This is my doubt, O Kṛṣṇa, and I ask You to dispel it completely.
Chapter Seven
TEXT 6: All created beings have their source in these two natures. TEXT 7: O conqueror of wealth, there is no truth superior to Me. TEXT 11: I am the strength of the strong, devoid of passion and desire. TEXT 21: I am in everyone’s heart as the Supersoul. TEXT 25: I am never manifest to the foolish and unintelligent.
Chapter Eight
Attaining the Supreme TEXT 1: Arjuna inquired: O my Lord, O Supreme TEXT 2: Who is the Lord of sacrifice, and how does He live in the body, O Madhusūdana? TEXT 3: The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: The indestructible, transcendental living TEXT 4: O best of the embodied beings, the physical nature, which is constantly changing, TEXT 12: The yogic situation is that of detachment from all sensual engagements.
Chapter Nine
TEXT 5: And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. TEXT 8: The whole cosmic order is under Me. TEXT 9: O Dhanañjaya, all this work cannot bind Me. TEXT 11: Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. TEXT 24: I am the only enjoyer and master of all sacrifices.