Seven hundred shlokas across eighteen chapters — from Arjuna's despair on the battlefield to the final teaching on liberation. Study one shloka a day and track your progress chapter by chapter.
Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishada Yoga — The Yoga of Arjuna's Despair (47 verses)
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge (72 verses)
Chapter 3: Karma Yoga — The Yoga of Action (43 verses)
Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action (42 verses)
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyasa Yoga — The Yoga of Renunciation (29 verses)
Chapter 6: Dhyana Yoga — The Yoga of Meditation (47 verses)
Chapter 7: Jnana Vijnana Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge and Realization (30 verses)
Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga — The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman (28 verses)
Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga — The Yoga of Royal Knowledge and Royal Secret (34 verses)
Chapter 10: Vibhuti Yoga — The Yoga of Divine Glories (42 verses)
Chapter 11: Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga — The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form (55 verses)
Chapter 12: Bhakti Yoga — The Yoga of Devotion (20 verses)
Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga — The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field (34 verses)
Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga — The Yoga of the Division of the Three Gunas (27 verses)
Chapter 15: Purushottama Yoga — The Yoga of the Supreme Person (20 verses)
Chapter 16: Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga — The Yoga of the Divine and Demoniac Natures (24 verses)
Chapter 17: Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga — The Yoga of the Threefold Division of Faith (28 verses)
Chapter 18: Moksha Sannyasa Yoga — The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation (78 verses)
Chapter-by-chapter guides
Long-form reading guides for the chapters we have covered so far.
Chapter 1 · Arjuna Vishada Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1 — Arjuna Vishada Yoga: Why the Gita Opens with a Breakdown, Not a Teaching
Chapter 2 · The Foundation — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2 — The Foundation: Soul, Action Without Attachment, and the Sthitaprajna
Chapter 3 · Karma Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 — Karma Yoga: Why You Must Act, the Wheel of Sacrifice, and Conquering Desire
Chapter 4 · Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 — Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga: The Avatara Verse Everyone Quotes, the Puzzle of Action in Inaction, and the Twelve Yajnas That End in Knowledge
Chapter 5 · Karma Sannyasa Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 — Karma Sannyasa Yoga: Arjuna Asks Whether to Walk Away or Keep Working, and Krishna Answers in One Line
Chapter 6 · Dhyana Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6 — Dhyana Yoga: Arjuna Says the Mind Cannot Be Held, Krishna Agrees With Him, and Then Gives Him Two Words
Chapter 7 · Jnana Vijnana Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 7 — Jnana Vijnana Yoga: Krishna Names Four Kinds of People Who Come to Him, Including the One Who Comes for Money, and Calls All Four Virtuous
Chapter 8 · Akshara Brahma Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 8 — Akshara Brahma Yoga: Arjuna Asks Seven Questions About Dying, and Krishna Answers Six of Them in Two Verses
Chapter 9 · Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga — Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga: Krishna Calls This the Easiest Teaching in the Gita, and Then Prices It at a Leaf, a Flower, a Fruit and Water
