Three Paths · तीन मार्ग
18 Chapters · अध्याय
The path of right action · Chapters 1–6
अर्जुन विषाद योग
Arjuna Vishada Yoga - The Yoga of Arjuna Dejection
On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna is overwhelmed with grief and drops his bow.
सांख्य योग
Sankhya Yoga - The Yoga of Knowledge
Krishna explains the immortal soul and performing duty without attachment to results.
कर्म योग
Karma Yoga - The Yoga of Action
Action is superior to inaction. Desire and anger are the greatest enemies of wisdom.
ज्ञान कर्म संन्यास योग
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga - Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation
Krishna reveals why he incarnates and declares knowledge as the supreme purifier.
कर्म संन्यास योग
Karma Sanyasa Yoga - Yoga of Renunciation of Action
True renunciation is giving up attachment to results, not action itself.
आत्म संयम योग
Dhyana Yoga - The Yoga of Meditation
Practical technique of meditation; the mind is both best friend and worst enemy.
The path of devotion · Chapters 7–12
ज्ञान विज्ञान योग
Jnana Vijnana Yoga - Yoga of Knowledge and Realization
Krishna is the taste of water, the light of the sun and moon, the syllable Om.
अक्षर ब्रह्म योग
Akshara Brahma Yoga - Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
What one remembers at death determines the next destination.
राज विद्या राज गुह्य योग
Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga - Yoga of Royal Knowledge
Whoever offers me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water with devotion - I accept it.
विभूति योग
Vibhuti Yoga - The Yoga of Divine Manifestations
Krishna reveals His divine manifestations across nature, knowledge, power, sacred sound, tim…
विश्वरूप दर्शन योग
Vishwarupa Darshana Yoga - Yoga of the Universal Form
Arjuna sees the universal form. Krishna declares: I am Time, the great destroyer of worlds.
भक्ति योग
Bhakti Yoga - The Yoga of Devotion
The dearest devotee is free from hatred, friendly to all, forgiving.
The path of knowledge · Chapters 13–18
क्षेत्र क्षेत्रज्ञ विभाग योग
Kshetra Kshetragna Vibhaga Yoga - Yoga of Field and Its Knower
Krishna distinguishes between the body (the field) and the soul (the knower of the field).
गुणत्रय विभाग योग
Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Yoga of the Three Gunas
The three gunas that weave all of material nature: Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas.
पुरुषोत्तम योग
Purushottama Yoga - The Yoga of the Supreme Person
The inverted banyan tree metaphor; Krishna as Purushottama beyond all.
दैवासुर संपद् विभाग योग
Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga Yoga - Yoga of Divine and Demonic Natures
Divine vs demonic qualities. Three gates to hell: lust, anger, and greed.
श्रद्धात्रय विभाग योग
Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga - Yoga of Three Divisions of Faith
Faith, food, sacrifice, austerity and charity classified by gunas. Concludes with Om Tat Sat.
मोक्ष संन्यास योग
Moksha Sanyasa Yoga - Yoga of Liberation Through Renunciation
Final instruction: Abandon all varieties of dharma and surrender unto Me. Arjuna picks up hi…