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| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | Blind King Dhritarashtra asks the poet Sanjaya to tell him the story of his family, the Kurus, clashing with the Pandava... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | Krishna responds to Arjuna by arguing that such timidity at this moment is "unworthy of a noble mind." Still, Arjuna ins... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Confused, Arjuna asks why Krishna seems to advocate the path of knowledge and understanding while pushing Arjuna to do a... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Krishna reveals that he is transmitting an ancient teaching to Arjuna. Though Krishna has taught this wisdom to gods and... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Arjuna asks Krishna whether the path of renunciation or the path of action is better for him. Krishna replies that both ... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | According to Krishna, right action, or karma yoga, is also renunciation because it requires the person to renounce their... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Krishna tells Arjuna he will explain how one can know him (God) by practicing nonattachment. Krishna focuses now on impa... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | Arjuna urges Krishna to tell him about the nature of the Self, God, and action. He also asks Krishna to explain worship ... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | Arjuna has faith and trust in Krishna. In return, Krishna promises to tell Arjuna the secret of how to attain wisdom and... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | Krishna continues to instruct Arjuna about his nature as the supreme manifestation of God. Accordingly, all other gods a... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | Finally understanding much of what Krishna is trying to impart, Arjuna asks Krishna to show him his "ultimate form." In ... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Arjuna sets the chapter's question by asking whether it is better to have devotional love for Krishna or for the less ta... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | Krishna explains the distinction between the body as the "field" and the Self as the "knower of the field." Krishna repo... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | Krishna instructs Arjuna about the ultimate knowledge yoga masters have achieved. He explains he is "the seed-giving fat... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | Krishna describes "the realm of sorrow" as a tree, with the branches fed by the gunas and the roots by action. The leave... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | Krishna describes the characteristics that belong to wise men versus "men with demonic traits." The divine traits are th... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | Arjuna asks which guna prevails in men who "worship with faith" but "reject the scriptures." There are three types of fa... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | In this final chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna teaches Arjuna about renunciation. Krishna makes a distinction betwe... Read More |
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