The Bhagavad Gita — श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता
The "Song of God" — 700 verses in 18 chapters, spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. The supreme guide to duty, the soul, devotion and the way to live.
योगिनामपि सर्वेषां मद्गतेनान्तरात्मना। श्रद्धावान्भजते यो मां स मे युक्ततमो मतः॥
And among all the Yogis, he who, full of faith and with his inner self merged in Me, worships Me is deemed by Me to be the most devoted.
Read this verse →The Essence (Gita Saar)
Do your duty with all your heart, but surrender attachment to its fruits — for the right is to action alone, never to the results (2.47).
Grieve for no one: the soul is never born and never dies; it casts off worn-out bodies as a person changes clothes, untouched by weapon, fire, water or wind (2.22–23).
Whenever righteousness declines, the Lord is born again to protect the good and restore dharma (4.7–8).
And the highest secret of all: abandon every other support, take refuge in God alone, and be freed from all sorrow (18.66).
Famous Shlokas of the Gita
Karmanye Vadhikaraste (Bhagavad Gita 2.47)
Gita 2.47कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
The essence of Karma Yoga — act, but without attachment to the fruits.
Vasansi Jirnani (Bhagavad Gita 2.22)
Gita 2.22वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि ।
The soul changes bodies as a person changes worn-out clothes.
Nainam Chindanti Shastrani (Bhagavad Gita 2.23)
Gita 2.23नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः ।
The soul is indestructible — no weapon, fire, water or wind can harm it.
Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya (Bhagavad Gita 4.7-8)
Gita 4.7–8यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत ।
Whenever dharma declines, I am born — 'Sambhavami Yuge Yuge'.
Sarva Dharman Parityajya (Bhagavad Gita 18.66)
Gita 18.66सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज ।
The charama shloka — surrender to Me alone, and I will free you from all sin.
Explore by Theme
Verses gathered by subject — karma, the soul, devotion, peace, the mind and more.
The 18 Chapters
Tap any chapter to read all its verses in Sanskrit, with transliteration and meaning.
Arjuna Vishada Yoga
47 versesArjuna's Dejection — Arjuna's grief and moral crisis on the battlefield.
Sankhya Yoga
72 versesThe Yoga of Knowledge — the immortal soul and the path of wisdom.
Karma Yoga
43 versesThe Yoga of Action — selfless action without attachment to results.
Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga
42 versesKnowledge, Action & Renunciation — the avatar and the wisdom of action.
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
29 versesThe Yoga of Renunciation — renunciation in action versus of action.
Dhyana Yoga
47 versesThe Yoga of Meditation — controlling the mind and the path of dhyana.
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
30 versesKnowledge & Realisation — knowing God in essence and manifestation.
Akshara Brahma Yoga
28 versesThe Imperishable Brahman — the soul at the time of death.
Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
34 versesThe Royal Knowledge — the supreme secret of devotion.
Vibhuti Yoga
42 versesThe Divine Glories — God as the essence of all that is great.
Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga
55 versesThe Cosmic Form — Krishna reveals his universal form to Arjuna.
Bhakti Yoga
20 versesThe Yoga of Devotion — the path of loving devotion as the highest.
Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
35 versesThe Field & Its Knower — body, soul and the knower within.
Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
27 versesThe Three Gunas — sattva, rajas and tamas, and rising beyond them.
Purushottama Yoga
20 versesThe Supreme Person — God as the Supreme beyond the perishable and imperishable.
Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
24 versesDivine & Demonic Natures — the qualities that liberate and that bind.
Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
28 versesThe Threefold Faith — faith, food, sacrifice and charity by the gunas.
Moksha Sannyasa Yoga
78 versesLiberation through Surrender — the conclusion: take refuge in Me alone.