Commentary on the Bhagavadgita

by Swami Krishnananda

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Abbreviations Used in this Book

1. The Colophon of the Bhagavadgita
2. The First Chapter: Visada Yoga, The Yoga of the Dejection of the Spirit
3. The Second Chapter Begins: Sankhya Yoga, The Distinction between Purusha and Prakriti
4. The Second Chapter Continues: How to Live in the World
5. The Second Chapter Concludes: The Establishment of the Soul in Universality
6. The Third Chapter Begins: The Relation Between Sankhya and Yoga
7. The Third Chapter Concludes: The Knower of Reality
8. The Fourth Chapter Begins: The Avataras of God
9. The Fourth Chapter Continues: The Performance of Action as a Sacrifice
10. The Fourth Chapter Concludes: Methods of Worship and of Self-Control
11. The Fifth Chapter Begins: Knowledge and Action are One
12. The Fifth Chapter Continues: The Characteristics of a Perfected Person
13. The Fifth Chapter Concludes: The Characteristics of the Sage Who is Established in Brahman
14. The Sixth Chapter Begins: The Characteristics of a Sannyasi and a Yogi
15. The Sixth Chapter Continues: Requirements for the Practice of Meditation
16. The Sixth Chapter Continues: Meditation on the Ishta Devata
17. The Sixth Chapter Concludes: God's Great Promise to Us
18. A Summary of the First Six Chapters
19. The Seventh Chapter Begins: Transcending the Sankhya
20. The Seventh Chapter Continues: The Glory of God and His Creation
21. The Seventh Chapter Continues: The Gospel of Universal Religion
22. The Seventh Chapter Concludes: Worshipping Deities
23. The Eighth Chapter Begins: The Different Facets of the Supreme Being
24. The Eighth Chapter Continues: The Thought at the Time of Death
25. The Eighth Chapter Continues: Types of Liberation
26. The Eighth Chapter Concludes: The Journey of the Soul After Death
27. The Ninth Chapter Begins: The Kingly Knowledge and the Greatness of God
28. The Ninth Chapter Concludes: Undivided Devotion to God
29. A Summary of the First Nine Chapters
30. The Tenth Chapter Begins: The Glories of God
31. The Tenth Chapter Concludes: God's Special Manifestations
32. The Eleventh Chapter Begins: Introduction to the Visvarupa Darshana
33. The Eleventh Chapter Continues: The Visvarupa Darshana
34. The Eleventh Chapter Continues: The Visvarupa Darshana Continues
35. The Eleventh Chapter Concludes: Whole-souled Devotion to God
36. The Twelfth Chapter Begins: The Best of Yogins
37. The Twelfth Chapter Concludes: The Supreme Devotee of God
38. The Thirteenth Chapter Begins: Consciousness and Matter
39. The Thirteenth Chapter Continues: The Field and the Knower of the Field
40. The Thirteenth Chapter Concludes: Understanding Purusha and Prakriti
41. The Fourteenth Chapter: Rising Above the Three Gunas
42. The Fifteenth Chapter Begins: The World as an Inverted Tree
43. The Fifteenth Chapter Concludes: The Greatest Secret Revealed
44. The Sixteenth Chapter Begins: Divine and Undivine Qualities
45. The Sixteenth Chapter Concludes: What is Proper and What is Improper in Our Life
46. The Seventeenth Chapter Begins: The Threefold Character of Faith
47. The Seventeenth Chapter Concludes: The Meaning of Om Tat Sat
48. The Eighteenth Chapter Begins: Renunciation, and Types of Action
49. The Eighteenth Chapter Continues: Types of Understanding, Determination and Happiness
50. The Eighteenth Chapter Continues: Knowing One's Duty
51. The Eighteenth Chapter Concludes: The Bhagavadgita Concludes

• Appendix: Sri Krishna—The Guru of All Gurus