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The eighteen chapters, in their three ṣaṭkas
700 verses in Sanskrit, with IAST transliteration and a public-domain translation. The Gītā reads as a progression through three yogas — action, devotion, knowledge. Begin anywhere; the text will hold you.
Karma Ṣaṭka · chapters 1–6
The yoga of action — duty done without grasping at its fruits.
- अर्जुन विषाद योगThe Yoga of Arjuna's Dejection47 verses
- साङ्ख्य योगThe Yoga of Knowledge72 verses
- कर्म योगThe Yoga of Action43 verses
- ज्ञान कर्म सन्न्यास योगThe Yoga of Knowledge, Action and Renunciation42 verses
- कर्म सन्न्यास योगThe Yoga of Renunciation of Action29 verses
- ध्यान योगThe Yoga of Meditation47 verses
Bhakti Ṣaṭka · chapters 7–12
The yoga of devotion — love and surrender to the Divine.
- ज्ञान विज्ञान योगThe Yoga of Knowledge and Realization30 verses
- अक्षर ब्रह्म योगThe Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman28 verses
- राज विद्या राज गुह्य योगThe Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret34 verses
- विभूति योगThe Yoga of Divine Glories42 verses
- विश्वरूप दर्शन योगThe Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form55 verses
- भक्ति योगThe Yoga of Devotion20 verses
Jñāna Ṣaṭka · chapters 13–18
The yoga of knowledge — discerning the eternal Self from the field.
- क्षेत्र क्षेत्रज्ञ विभाग योगThe Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field34 verses
- गुणत्रय विभाग योगThe Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas27 verses
- पुरुषोत्तम योगThe Yoga of the Supreme Person20 verses
- दैवासुर सम्पद् विभाग योगThe Yoga of the Division between the Divine and the Demoniac24 verses
- श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योगThe Yoga of the Division of Threefold Faith28 verses
- मोक्ष सन्न्यास योगThe Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation78 verses