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Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
18 chapters · 700 verses · a dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
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Chapter 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥
"You have the right to work only, but never to its fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction."
Chapter 4.7
यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥
"Whenever there is a decline of righteousness, O Bharata, and a rise of unrighteousness — then I manifest Myself."
Chapter 18.66
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।
अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥
"Abandon all varieties of dharma and surrender unto Me alone. I shall liberate you from all sins; do not fear."
All 18 chapters
1
Arjuna Vishada Yoga
अर्जुनविषादयोग · 47 verses
Arjuna's Despair
2
Sankhya Yoga
सांख्ययोग · 72 verses
The Yoga of Knowledge
3
Karma Yoga
कर्मयोग · 43 verses
The Yoga of Action
4
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga
ज्ञानकर्मसन्न्यासयोग · 42 verses
Knowledge & Renunciation of Action
5
Karma Sanyasa Yoga
कर्मसन्न्यासयोग · 29 verses
The Yoga of Renunciation
6
Dhyana Yoga
आत्मसंयमयोग · 47 verses
The Yoga of Meditation
7
Jnana Vijnana Yoga
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग · 30 verses
Knowledge of the Absolute
8
Akshara Brahma Yoga
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग · 28 verses
The Imperishable Brahman
9
Raja Vidya Yoga
राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग · 34 verses
The Royal Knowledge
10
Vibhuti Yoga
विभूतियोग · 42 verses
Divine Manifestations
11
Vishvarupa Darshana Yoga
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग · 55 verses
The Universal Form
12
Bhakti Yoga
भक्तियोग · 20 verses
The Path of Devotion
13
Kshetra Kshetragna Vibhaga Yoga
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · 35 verses
Field & Its Knower
14
Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga
गुणत्रयविभागयोग · 27 verses
The Three Modes of Nature
15
Purushottama Yoga
पुरुषोत्तमयोग · 20 verses
The Supreme Person
16
Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga
दैवासुरसम्पद्विभागयोग · 24 verses
Divine & Demoniac Natures
17
Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga
श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग · 28 verses
The Three Kinds of Faith
18
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
मोक्षसन्न्यासयोग · 78 verses
Liberation Through Renunciation