Bhagavadgita.fyi — The Essential 63 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi The 63 verses every reader of the Bhagavad Gita must know — modern, judgment-free, information-first. en BG 1.1 — A blind king asks what happened on the battlefield — and the Gita begins. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/1/verse/1 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/1/verse/1 Dhritarashtra, the blind king, asks his trusted narrator Sanjaya: 'Tell me — on this holy field of Kurukshetra, where my sons and the Pandavas have gathered, eager to fight — what happened?' BG 1.47 — Bow down, arrows scattered, warrior collapsed — this is where the Gita begins. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/1/verse/47 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/1/verse/47 Sanjaya said: 'And having spoken these words — in the middle of the battlefield — Arjuna set aside his bow with its arrows. He sank down into the seat of his chariot, his mind completely overwhelmed with grief.' Here ends the First Chapter of the Bhagavad Gita — the Yoga of Arjuna's Grief. BG 2.11 — You grieve for those who should not be grieved for — and call it wisdom. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/11 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/11 The Blessed Lord said: 'You are grieving for those who should not be grieved for. And yet you speak words that sound like wisdom. The truly wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead.' BG 2.19 — The soul does not slay, and cannot be slain — both the slayer and the slain have mistaken the soul for the body. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/19 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/19 'One who thinks the soul is the slayer — and one who thinks the soul is slain — both of them fail to understand. The soul does not slay. The soul is not slain.' BG 2.20 — Unborn. Undying. Ancient. Eternal. Not slain when the body is slain — this is what you are. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/20 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/20 'It is never born and never dies at any time. It did not come into being, does not come into being, will not come into being. Unborn, eternal, ever-existing, primeval — it is not slain when the body is slain.' BG 2.47 — Your right is to act — never to the fruits. Don't act for results. Don't hide in inaction. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/47 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/47 'Your right is to action alone — never to the fruits of action. Let not the fruits of action be your motive. And let there be no attachment in you to inaction.' BG 2.48 — Do the work rooted in yoga, unattached. Equanimity in success and failure — that IS yoga. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/48 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/48 Stay grounded in yoga, then act — let go of attachment, O Arjuna. Be the same whether you succeed or fail. That inner balance is what yoga actually means. BG 2.50 — The wisdom-yoked person rises above good and bad karma alike. Yoga is supreme skill in action. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/50 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/50 He who acts with wisdom casts off, even here in this life, both good and evil deeds. Therefore devote yourself to yoga; yoga is skill in action. BG 2.54 — Arjuna asks: what does the truly wise person look like? How do they speak, sit, and move? https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/54 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/54 Arjuna asks: O Krishna, what is the description of a person who has steady wisdom, who is established in samādhi? How does such a steady-minded person speak? How do they sit? How do they walk? BG 2.62 — Thinking → clinging → craving → anger. The chain of suffering begins in where you let your mind dwell. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/62 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/62 When the mind keeps dwelling on sense-objects, attachment forms. From attachment comes desire. From desire — when it is blocked — comes anger. BG 2.63 — Anger → delusion → memory loss → intellect destroyed → total ruin. Know this chain before it starts. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/63 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/63 From anger comes complete delusion. From delusion — the memory of all you know goes astray. When memory is lost, the discriminating intellect is destroyed. When the intellect is destroyed — the person is utterly ruined. BG 2.70 — All desires pour into the sage like rivers into the ocean — the ocean stays unmoved. That is peace. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/70 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/2/verse/70 As rivers pour into the ocean from all sides — and yet the ocean, ever full, remains immovably still — so the one into whom all desires flow attains peace. Not the one who runs after desires. BG 3.19 — Therefore: do your required action without attachment — this is the path that leads to the Supreme. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/19 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/19 Therefore, always perform your required actions without attachment. By performing action without attachment, a person attains the Supreme. BG 3.21 — Whatever the great one does, others follow. The standard they set — the world adopts. Lead by example. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/21 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/21 Whatever a great person does, that is what ordinary people do too. Whatever standard the great one sets — the world follows that standard. BG 3.27 — All actions are done by the gunas of nature. The ego-deluded one thinks 'I am the doer' — this is the root of bondage. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/27 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/27 All actions are entirely performed by the gunas (qualities) of Prakriti (nature). But the person whose self is deluded by ego thinks: 'I am the doer.' BG 3.35 — Your own imperfect path beats another's perfect path. Death in your own dharma is better. Another's dharma brings fear. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/35 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/35 Better is one's own dharma, even imperfectly performed, than another's dharma perfectly done. Death in one's own dharma is preferable — another's dharma is fraught with fear. BG 3.37 — The enemy is desire and anger, born of rajas — all-devouring, all-sinful. Know this as your internal enemy. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/37 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/3/verse/37 The Lord said: It is desire — it is anger — born of the rajas-guna. All-devouring, greatly sinful — know THIS as the enemy here. BG 4.7 — Whenever dharma declines and adharma rises — I project Myself forth. The divine responds to every crisis. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/7 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/7 Whenever and wherever there is a decline of dharma and a rising up of adharma — O Arjuna, then I project Myself forth. BG 4.8 — For the protection of the good, destruction of wickedness, establishment of dharma — I come, age after age. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/8 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/8 For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, for the establishment of dharma — I come into being age after age. BG 4.11 — However you approach Me — I respond in that same way. All human paths ultimately follow My path. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/11 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/11 In whatever way people approach Me, I respond to them in exactly that way. All people follow My path in every way, O Arjuna. BG 4.18 — Seeing inaction in action, action in inaction — that one is wise, a yogi, a complete doer of all actions. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/18 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/18 Whoever sees inaction in action, and action in inaction — that person is wise among humans, a yogi, a complete doer of all actions. BG 4.34 — Approach the teacher with prostration, inquiry, and service. The knowers of truth will instruct you in jñāna. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/34 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/34 Know that jñāna through prostration, through thorough questioning, and through service. The knowers — the seers of truth — will instruct you in that knowledge. BG 4.38 — Nothing in this world purifies like jñāna. The karma-yogi finds it within themselves in time. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/38 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/4/verse/38 There is nothing in this world equal to knowledge as a purifier. The one perfected through yoga finds it within themselves — in time. BG 5.18 — The paṇḍita sees equally in a learned Brahmin, cow, elephant, dog, and outcaste — sama-darśana. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/5/verse/18 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/5/verse/18 The wise look with equal eyes upon a learned and humble Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an outcaste who eats dog's flesh. BG 5.29 — Knowing Me as the enjoyer of all sacrifice and austerity, Great Lord of all worlds, Friend of all beings — peace comes. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/5/verse/29 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/5/verse/29 Knowing Me as the Enjoyer of all sacrifice and austerity, the great Lord of all the worlds, and the friend of every being, one comes to peace. BG 6.5 — Lift the self by the Self; let not the self drown itself — you alone are your own friend and your own foe. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/5 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/5 Lift yourself by your own self; do not let yourself sink. For the self is the only friend of the self, and the self is its only enemy. BG 6.6 — Your own mind is your best friend when mastered; your worst enemy when not. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/6 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/6 For the person who has conquered their own mind and impulses, that very self becomes a loyal ally — guiding, supporting, freeing. But for the person whose mind is uncontrolled and ruled by desire, that same self becomes their worst enemy — binding, sabotaging, enslaving. BG 6.19 — As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker — so is the mind of the yogi who practises the yoga of the Self. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/19 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/19 The traditional simile: a lamp placed in a room with no wind burns perfectly still — not because it is not alive (it is still a flame), but because nothing disturbs its environment. So the mind of the yogi in deep practice — alive, present, luminous — rests without flickering. BG 6.30 — Who sees Me everywhere and all in Me — I am never lost to that one, nor that one to Me. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/30 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/30 The one who sees Krishna (= the universal Self) in everything, and sees all of creation as resting within Krishna — that person and Krishna are in permanent mutual presence. The separation that ordinary consciousness experiences is dissolved: you cannot lose what you see everywhere. BG 6.35 — Yes, the mind is restless and hard to restrain — but through abhyāsa and vairāgya, it is governed. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/35 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/35 No doubt, O mighty-armed one, the mind is restless and hard to hold. But it can be mastered, son of Kuntī — through steady practice and through dispassion. BG 6.47 — Of all yogis, the one whose inner self is merged in Me, worshipping with śraddhā — that one I hold to be most united. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/47 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/6/verse/47 And of all yogis, he who worships Me with faith, his inmost self gone out to Me — him I hold to be the most steadfastly yoked of all. BG 7.3 — Among thousands, one strives for perfection — and among the perfected, perhaps one knows Me in truth. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/3 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/3 Among thousands of people, perhaps one strives for perfection; and of those who strive and attain, perhaps one truly knows Me. BG 7.7 — Beyond Me there is nothing whatsoever — all this is strung in Me, as gems upon a thread. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/7 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/7 There is nothing whatever beyond Me, Dhanañjaya. All this is strung upon Me like rows of gems upon a thread. BG 7.14 — This divine māyā of Mine, made of the guṇas, is hard to cross — but those who take refuge in Me alone do cross it. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/14 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/14 This divine māyā of Mine, made of the qualities of nature, is hard to cross. But those who take refuge in Me alone pass beyond it. BG 7.19 — At the end of many births, the wise takes refuge in Me — 'Vāsudeva is all.' That great soul is exceedingly rare. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/19 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/7/verse/19 At the end of many births, the wise one takes refuge in Me, knowing that all this is Vāsudeva. Such a great soul is very rare. BG 8.5 — Whoever at death remembers Me alone — leaving the body — attains My very Being. Of this, there is no doubt. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/8/verse/5 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/8/verse/5 And whoever, at the final hour, leaves the body remembering Me alone, attains My Being — of this there is no doubt. BG 8.7 — Therefore remember Me at all times and fight — mind and intellect fixed on Me, you will come to Me without doubt. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/8/verse/7 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/8/verse/7 Therefore, remember Me at all times, and fight. With your mind and reason given over to Me, you shall surely come to Me. BG 9.22 — For those who worship Me with undivided thought, always steadfast — I carry what they lack and guard what they have. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/22 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/22 For those who worship Me with undivided minds, thinking of nothing else — to those ever-devoted ones I bring what they lack and protect what they have. BG 9.26 — A leaf, a flower, a fruit, a drop of water — offered with devotion, I receive it: the striving heart's gift is enough. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/26 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/26 Whoever offers Me, with devotion, a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water — that offering of love from a pure heart I accept. BG 9.27 — Whatever you do, eat, offer, give, or practise as austerity — do it all as mad-arpaṇam, an offering to Me. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/27 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/27 Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer or give, whatever austerity you practise — do it, O son of Kuntī, as an offering to Me. BG 9.30 — Even if the most sinful worships Me with undivided devotion — he must be deemed righteous, for he has rightly resolved. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/30 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/30 Even if the worst of sinners worships Me with undivided devotion, he must be counted among the righteous, for he has resolved rightly. BG 9.32 — Even women, vaiśyas, śūdras of lower birth — taking complete refuge in Me — attain the supreme goal, O Pārtha. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/32 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/32 For those who take refuge in Me, O son of Pṛthā — even those of lowly birth, women, merchants, and labourers — they too reach the supreme goal. BG 9.34 — Fix mind on Me, be My devotee, worship Me, bow to Me — thus, with Me as supreme goal, you shall come to Me. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/34 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/9/verse/34 Fix your mind on Me, be devoted to Me, worship Me, bow down to Me. Steadying yourself this way, with Me as your highest goal, you shall surely come to Me. BG 10.8 — I am the origin of all; from Me all evolves — knowing this, the wise worship Me with loving devotion. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/10/verse/8 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/10/verse/8 I am the origin of all; from Me everything proceeds. Knowing this, the wise worship Me with hearts full of love. BG 10.20 — I am the ātman, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the heart of all beings — their beginning, middle, and end. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/10/verse/20 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/10/verse/20 I am the Self, O Guḍākeśa, seated in the heart of every being. I am the beginning, the middle, and the end of all that lives. BG 10.42 — But why such detail, O Arjuna? With a single fragment of Myself I establish and uphold this entire universe. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/10/verse/42 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/10/verse/42 But what need have you, O Arjuna, to know all this in detail? With a single fragment of Myself I stand, upholding this entire universe. BG 11.32 — I am Time, the world-destroyer — even without you, none of these warriors shall survive; they are already slain! https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/11/verse/32 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/11/verse/32 I am Time, the mighty destroyer of worlds, risen here to consume them. Even without you, not one of these warriors arrayed in the opposing ranks shall survive. BG 11.33 — Arise and win glory! These warriors are already slain by Me — be merely the instrument, O Savyasācin! https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/11/verse/33 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/11/verse/33 Having revealed Himself as Time, Krishna now commands Arjuna to act: arise, win glory, conquer, enjoy the kingdom. But the crucial teaching follows: these warriors are already slain BY ME. Arjuna is nimitta-mātra — merely the instrument of what the cosmic order has already accomplished. BG 11.55 — Do My work, hold Me supreme, be My devotee, attachment-free, without enmity toward all — such a one comes to Me! https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/11/verse/55 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/11/verse/55 He who does My work, holds Me as supreme, is devoted to Me, free from attachment, and without enmity toward any being — he comes to Me, O Pāṇḍava. BG 12.13 — Not hating, friendly, compassionate, without 'mine' or 'I', equal in pain and joy, forgiving — the dear devotee! https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/12/verse/13 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/12/verse/13 He who hates no creature, who is friendly and compassionate, free from 'I' and 'mine', the same in pain and pleasure, patient and forgiving — BG 13.2 — This body is called kṣetra (the field); the one who knows it is called kṣetrajña — the field-knower! https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/13/verse/2 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/13/verse/2 This body, O son of Kuntī, is called the field; and the one who knows it, the wise call the knower of the field. BG 14.26 — Whoever serves Me with unswerving avyabhicāriṇī bhakti transcends all three guṇas and becomes fit for Brahman. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/14/verse/26 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/14/verse/26 Whoever serves Me with unswerving, exclusive devotion (avyabhicāreṇa bhakti-yoga) — that person, having transcended these three guṇas completely, becomes fit for becoming Brahman. BG 14.27 — Krishna declares: 'I am the ground of Brahman — the Immortal, the Immutable, eternal Dharma, and perfect Bliss.' https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/14/verse/27 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/14/verse/27 For I am the foundation (pratiṣṭhā) of Brahman — of the Immortal, the Immutable, eternal Dharma, and absolute Bliss. BG 15.6 — No sun, moon, or fire illumines My supreme abode — going there, none returns. This is the Self-luminous Para-Brahman. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/15/verse/6 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/15/verse/6 Neither the sun, nor the moon, nor fire illumines that place. Going there, none return. That is My supreme abode. BG 15.15 — I am in every heart — source of memory, knowledge, and forgetting; all Vedas point to Me, their author and knower. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/15/verse/15 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/15/verse/15 I am seated in the hearts of all beings. From Me come memory, knowledge, and their loss. I alone am to be known by all the Vedas. I am the author of Vedānta, and I am the knower of the Vedas. BG 16.21 — Three gates to hell, destructive of the self: kāma, krodha, lobha. Therefore abandon this triad. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/16/verse/21 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/16/verse/21 This is the threefold gate to hell, destructive of the self: desire, anger, and greed. Therefore one should abandon these three. BG 17.3 — Faith follows one's inner nature. The person IS their śraddhā — whatever one's faith is, that is exactly what one is. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/17/verse/3 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/17/verse/3 Each person's faith is in accord with their inner nature, O Arjuna. A person is entirely composed of their faith — whatever one's faith is, that is what one truly is. BG 18.54 — Brahman-become, serene, neither grieving nor desiring, equal to all beings — he attains supreme bhakti to Me. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/54 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/54 Brahman-become, with serene self, neither grieving nor desiring, equal to all beings — he attains supreme devotion to Me. BG 18.61 — The Lord dwells in the heart of all beings — whirling all, as if mounted on a machine, by His māyā. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/61 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/61 The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, O Arjuna, causing all beings, as if mounted on a machine, to revolve — by His māyā. BG 18.63 — This knowledge, more secret than all secrets, has been declared to you — reflect on it fully and act as you wish. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/63 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/63 Thus this knowledge, more secret than all that is secret, has been declared to you by Me. Reflecting on it fully and completely, act as you wish. BG 18.65 — Mind-in-Me, devotee, worshiper, bow to Me — you will come to Me; truly I promise, you are dear to Me. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/65 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/65 Be one whose mind is in Me, be My devotee, be My worshiper, bow down to Me. You will come to Me. Truly I promise you — for you are dear to Me. BG 18.66 — Abandon all dharmas, take refuge in Me alone — I will liberate you from all sins; do not grieve. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/66 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/66 Having abandoned all dharmas, take refuge in Me alone. I will liberate you from all sins. Do not grieve. BG 18.78 — Where yogeśvara Kṛṣṇa is, where archer Pārtha stands — there abide fortune, victory, flourishing, and steadfast dharma. https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/78 https://www.bhagavadgita.fyi/chapter/18/verse/78 Wherever Krishna, the Lord of yoga, is found, and wherever Arjuna the archer stands, there are fortune, victory, prosperity, and steadfast justice — this is my conviction.