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How many chapters are in the Bhagavad Gita?
In short
The Bhagavad Gita has eighteen chapters and around 700 verses. The chapters move through three broad paths — karma yoga (action), bhakti yoga (devotion), and jnana yoga (knowledge) — and end, in chapter 18, with Krishna's final counsel to surrender and not grieve.
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The verse
“sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja”
Bhagavad Gita 18.66 · Chapter 18, Moksha-Sannyasa YogaLet go of all your burdens and take refuge in Me alone. I will free you from all that weighs on you; do not grieve.
Krishna's final, crowning counsel to Arjuna at the close of the Gita, on the field of Kurukshetra — to surrender every burden and take refuge in the Divine alone.
In depth
The Gita's eighteen chapters (adhyayas) contain about 700 verses. They are often grouped into three sets of six, loosely emphasising action, devotion, and knowledge, though the themes weave throughout.
The final chapter, the eighteenth, gathers the teaching into its closing verse (18.66): let go of every burden, take refuge in the Divine, and do not grieve — the Gita's last word.
Related questions
How many chapters and verses are in the Bhagavad Gita?
Eighteen chapters and around 700 verses, set within the Mahabharata.
What are the three paths in the Gita?
Karma yoga (selfless action), bhakti yoga (devotion), and jnana yoga (knowledge) — woven across its eighteen chapters.
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