gita the great

this the beauty of bhagvadgita that 18 chapters can be properly understood in 18 shlokas and in the serial as number/number .

dharmakshetre kurukshetre samavetaa yuyutsavah

maamakaah paandavaashchaiva kimakurvata sanjaya // 1.1 // 

kutastwaa kashmalam idam vishame samupasthitam

anaaryajushtam aswargyam akeertikaram arjuna // 2.2 // 

loke'smin dwividha nishthaa puraa proktaa mayaanagha

jnaanayogena saankhyaanaam karmayogena yoginaam // 3.3 //

aparam bhavato janma param janma vivaswatah

katham etadvijaaneeyaam twam aadau proktavaan iti // 4.4 // 

yatsaankhyaih praapyate sthaanam tad yogair api gamyate

ekam saankhyam cha yogam cha yah pashyati sa pashyati // 5.5 // 

bandhuraatmaatmanastasya yenaatmaivaatmanaa jitah

anaatmanastu shatrutwe vartetaatmaiva shatruvat // 6.6 //

mattah parataram naanyat kinchidasti dhananjaya

mayi sarvamidam protam sootre maniganaa iva // 7.7 // 

abhyaasayogayuktena chetasaa naanyagaaminaa

paramam purusham divyam yaati paarthaanuchintayan // 8.8 // 

na cha maam taani karmaani nibadhnanti dhananjaya

udaaseenavadaaseenamasaktam teshu karmasu // 9.9 // 

teshaam satatayuktaanaam bhajataam preetipoorvakam

dadaami buddhiyogam tam yena maamupayaanti te // 10.10 // 

divyamaalyaambaradharam divyagandhaanulepanam

sarvaashcharyamayam devam anantam vishwatomukham // 11.11 // 

shreyo hi jnaanamabhyaasaat jnaanaaddhyaanam vishishyate

dhyaanaat karmaphalatyaagas tyaagaadcchaantir anantaram // 12.12 //

sarvatah paanipaadam tat sarvato’kshishiromukham

sarvatah shrutimalloke sarvamaavritya tishtathi // 13.13 // 

yadaa sattwe pravriddhe tu pralayam yaati dehabrit

tadottamavidaam lokaan amalaan pratipadyate // 14.14 //

sarvasya chaaham hridi sannivishto

mattah smritir jnaanam apohanam cha

vedaishcha sarvairahameva vedyo

vedaantakrid vedavideva chaaham // 15.15 // 

anekachittavibhraantaah mohajaalasamaavritaah

prasaktaah kaamabhogeshu patanti narake’shuchau // 16.16 // 

shraddhaayaa parayaa taptam tapastattrividham naraih

aphalaakaangkshibhiryuktaih saattwikam parichakshate // 17.17 // 

jnaanam jneyam parijnaataa trividhaa karmachodanaa

karanam karma karteti trividhah karma sangrahah // 18.18 //