The Bhagavad-Gita consists of 18 chapters. Each chapter is called a yoga. Yoga
is the science of the individual consciousness attaining communion with the
Ultimate Consciousness. So each chapter is a highly specialized yoga revealing
the path of attaining realization of the Ultimate Truth.
Chapter
Chapter Title
Commentary
The first six chapters have been classified as the Karma Yoga
section as they mainly deal with the science of the individual consciousness
attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness through actions. These
chapters are:
1
अर्जुनविषादयोग
Visada Yoga-Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra
2
सांख्ययोग
Sankhya Yoga - Contents of the Gita Summarized
3
कर्मयोग
Karma Yoga -
4
ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Jnana Yoga - Transcendental Knowledge
5
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Karma Vairagya Yoga - Action in Krsna Consciousness
6
आत्मसंयमयोग
Abhyasa Yoga - Sankhya-yoga
The middle six chapters have been designated as the Bhakti Yoga
section as they principally are pertaining with the science of the individual
consciousness attaning communion with the Ultimate Consciousness by the path of
devotion.
7
ज्ञानविज्ञानयोग
Paramahamsa Vijnana Yoga - Knowledge of the Absolute
8
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग
Aksara-Parabrahman Yoga - Attaining the Supreme
9
राजविद्याराजगुह्ययोग
Raja-Vidya-Guhya Yoga - The Most Confidential Knowledge
10
विभूतियोग
Vibhuti-Vistara-Yoga - The Opulence of the Absolute
11
विश्वरूपदर्शनयोग
Visvarupa-Darsana Yoga - The Universal Form
12
भक्तियोग
Bhakti Yoga - Devotional Service
The final six chapters are regarded as the Jnana Yoga section as
they are primarily concerned with the science of the individual consciousness
attaining communion with the Ultimate Consciousness through the intellect.
13
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
Ksetra-Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga - Nature, the Enjoyer, and Consciousness
14
गुणत्रयविभागयोग
Gunatraya-Vibhaga Yoga - The Three Modes Of Material Nature
15
पुरुषोत्तमयोग
Purusottama Yoga - The Yoga of the Supreme Person
16
दैवासुरसंपद्विभागयोग
Daivasura-Sampad-Vibhaga Yoga - The Divine And Demoniac Natures
17
श्रद्धात्रयविभागयोग
Sraddhatraya-Vibhaga Yoga - The Divisions of Faith
18
मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Moksa-Opadesa Yoga-Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation