Arjuna said, "O mighty-armed Hrishikesa, I desire to know the essence or truth o...

The Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of ...

Some philosophers declare that actions should be abandoned as evil; while others...

Hear from Me the conclusion or the final truth about this abandonment, O best of...

Acts of sacrifice, gift, and austerity should not be abandoned, but should be pe...

But even these actions should be performed, leaving aside attachment and the des...

Verily, the renunciation of obligatory action is not proper; the abandonment of ...

He who abandons action out of fear of bodily trouble (because it is painful), do...

Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely because it ought to be done...

The man of renunciation, pervaded by purity, intelligent, and with his doubts cu...

Indeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; ...

The threefold fruit of action (evil, good, and mixed) accrues after death to tho...

Learn from Me, O mighty-armed Arjuna, these five causes, as declared in the Sank...

The body, the doer, the various senses, the different functions of various kinds...

Whatever action a person performs with their body, speech, and mind, whether rig...

Now, such being the case, verily he who, owing to an untrained understanding, lo...

He who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by go...

Knowledge, the knowable, and the knower form the threefold impulse for action; t...

Knowledge, action, and actor are declared in the science of the Gunas (Sankhya p...

That by which one sees the indestructible Reality in all beings, not separate in...

But that knowledge which sees in all beings various entities of distinct kinds a...

But that which clings to one single effect as if it were the whole, without reas...

An action that is ordained, free from attachment, done without love or hatred, a...

But that action which is done by one longing for the fulfillment of desires or g...

That action which is undertaken from delusion, without regard for the consequenc...

An agent who is free from attachment, non-egoistic, endowed with firmness and en...

Passionate, desiring to obtain the reward of their actions, greedy, cruel, impur...

Unsteady, vulgar, inflexible, deceitful, malicious, lazy, despondent, and procra...

Hear thou the threefold division of intellect and firmness, according to the Gun...

The intellect which knows the path of work and renunciation, what should be done...

That by which one wrongly understands dharma and adharma, and also what ought to...

That intellect, O Arjuna, which is enveloped in darkness and sees Adharma as Dha...

The unwavering firmness, through which Yoga restrains the functions of the mind,...

But that, O Arjuna, by which one holds fast to Dharma (duty), enjoyment of pleas...

That firmness, O Arjuna, by which a stupid man does not abandon sleep, fear, gri...

And now, O Arjuna, hear from Me of the threefold pleasure, in which one rejoices...

That which is like poison at first but in the end like nectar—that happiness is ...

That happiness which arises from the contact of the senses with the objects, whi...

That happiness which at first, as well as in the end, deludes the self, and whic...

There is no being on earth or in heaven among the gods that is liberated from th...

Of Brahmanas, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras, O Arjuna, the duties are distribu...

Serenity, self-restraint, austerity, purity, forgiveness, and uprightness, as we...

Prowess, splendor, firmness, dexterity, and not fleeing from battle, generosity,...

Agriculture, cattle-rearing, and trade are the duties of the Vaisya (merchant), ...

Each person devoted to their own duty attains perfection. How they attain perfec...

He from whom all the beings have evolved and by whom all this is pervaded, worsh...

Better is one's own duty, even if it is destitute of merits, than the duty of an...

One should not, O Arjuna, abandon the duty to which one is born, though it may b...

He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom...

Learn from Me, O Arjuna, in brief how one who has attained perfection reaches Br...

Endowed with a pure intellect, controlling the self through firmness, relinquish...

Dwelling in solitude, eating sparingly, with speech, body, and mind subdued, alw...

Having abandoned egoism, strength, arrogance, desire, anger, and covetousness, a...

Becoming Brahman, serene in the Self, he neither grieves nor desires; he is the ...

By devotion, he knows Me in truth, who and what I am; then, having known Me in t...

Having taken refuge in Me and doing all actions, by My grace he obtains the eter...

Mentally renouncing all actions in Me, having Me as the highest goal, and resort...

Fixing your mind on Me, you shall, by My grace, overcome all obstacles; but if y...

If, filled with egoism, thou thinkest, "I will not fight," then thy resolve is v...

O Arjuna, bound by your own Karma (action) born of your own nature, that which f...

The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, by Hi...

Fly to Him for refuge with all your being, O Arjuna; by His grace you will obtai...

Thus, wisdom more secret than secrecy itself has been declared to you by me. Ref...

Hear again My supreme word, most secret of all; for you are dearly beloved of Me...

Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. You will...

Abandon all duties and take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate you from all sin...

Never speak this to one who is devoid of austerities or devotion, who does not r...

He who, with supreme devotion to Me, teaches this supreme secret to My devotees,...

There is no one among men who does service dearer to Me, nor shall there be anyo...

And he who studies this sacred dialogue of ours, by him I shall have been worshi...

Also, the man who hears this, full of faith and free from malice, shall attain t...

Has this been heard, O Arjuna, with one-pointed focus? Has the delusion of your ...

Arjuna said, "My delusion has been destroyed, for I have gained my knowledge (me...

Sanjaya said, Thus, I have heard this wonderful dialogue between Krishna and the...

Through the grace of Vyasa, I have heard this supreme and most secret Yoga, dire...

O King, remembering this wonderful and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna,...

And, remembering again and again that most wonderful form of Hari, I am filled w...

Wherever Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, is; and wherever Arjuna, the wielder of the ...