Bhagavad Gita: All 18 Chapters

The 18 chapters follow Arjuna from despair (chapter 1) to the final teaching of surrender (chapter 18). Tradition groups them as six chapters on action, six on devotion and six on knowledge, though each chapter mixes the three. Choose a chapter to read its verses.

Chapter	Sanskrit name	Verses
1. Arjuna's despair	Arjuna Vishada Yoga	47
2. The wisdom of the self and of steady action	Sankhya Yoga	72
3. The path of action	Karma Yoga	43
4. Knowledge, action and renunciation	Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga	42
5. Renunciation and action	Karma Sannyasa Yoga	29
6. The yoga of meditation	Dhyana Yoga	47
7. Knowledge and its realisation	Jnana Vijnana Yoga	30
8. The imperishable	Akshara Brahma Yoga	28
9. The royal knowledge and royal secret	Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga	34
10. The divine glories	Vibhuti Yoga	42
11. The vision of the universal form	Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga	55
12. The yoga of devotion	Bhakti Yoga	20
13. The field and the knower of the field	Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga	35
14. The three qualities	Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga	27
15. The supreme person	Purushottama Yoga	20
16. Divine and demonic qualities	Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga	24
17. The three kinds of faith	Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga	28
18. Liberation through renunciation	Moksha Sannyasa Yoga	78