Chapter I entitled "The Yoga of Dejection of Arjuna" 
 

1-11	Description of the principal warriors on both sides with their fighting qualities.
12-19	Blowing of conchs by the warriors on both sides.
20-27	Arjuna observes the warriors drawn up for battle.
28-47	Overwhelmed by infatuation, Arjuna gives expression to his faint-hearted-ness, tenderness and grief.

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Chapter II entitled "Sankhyayoga or the Yoga of Knowledge" 
 

1-10	Arjuna and Sri Krishna discussing Arjuna's faint-heartedness.
11-30	Sankhyayoga (the Yoga of Knowledge) described.
31-38	The Kshatriya's duty to engage himself in fight.
39-53	Karmayoga (the Yoga of Selfless action) described.
54-72	Marks of the man of stable mind and his glories described.

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Chapter III entitled "Karmayoga or the Yoga of Action" 
 

1-8	Importance of the performance of duty, in a detached way, according to both Jnanayoga and Karmayoga.
9-16	The necessity of performing sacrifices, etc.
17-24	The necessity of action on the part of the wise, and even on the part of God Himself, for the good of the world.
25-35	Marks of the wise and the unwise; instruction about the performance of action without attraction and repulsion.
36-43	How to overcome desire.

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Chapter IV entitled "The Yoga of Knowledge as well as the disciplines of Action and Knowledge" 
 

1-18	The glory of God with attributes; Karmayoga, or selfless action, described.
19-23	The conduct of Yogis and sages, its glory described.
24-32	Different forms of sacrifices described with their fruits.
33-42	The glory of Knowledge described.

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Chapter V entitled "The Yoga of Action and Knowledge" 
 

1-6	Sankhyayoga and the Yoga of disinterested action described.
7-12	Marks of the Sankhyayogi and Nishkama Karmayogi - their glories described.
13-26	Jnanayoga, or the Yoga of Knowledge.
27-29	Dhyanayoga, or meditation, together with Devotion, described.

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Chapter VI entitled "The Yoga of Self - Control" 
 

1-4	Karmayoga, or the Yoga of disinterested Action, described; marks of one who has attained Yoga.
5-10	Urging one to uplift the self; marks of the God-Realized soul.
11-32	Detailed description of Dhyanayoga.
33-36	The question of Mind-control discussed.
37-47	The fate of one who falls from Yoga; the glory of Dhyanayoga described.

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Chapter VII entitled "The Yoga of Jnana (Knowledge of Nirguna Brahma) and Vijnana (Knowledge of Manifest Divinity)"
 

1-7	Wisdom with real Knowledge of Manifest Divinity.
8-12	Inherence of God in all objects as their Cause.
13-19	Condemnation of men of demonical nature and praise of devotees.
20-23	The question of worship of other gods.
24-30	Condemnation of men, who are ignorant of the glory and true nature of God, and approbation of those who know them.

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Chapter VIII entitled "The Yoga of the Indestructible Brahma" 
 

1-7	Answer to Arjuna's seven questions on Brahma, Adhyatma and Karma (Action) etc.
8-22	The subject of Bhaktiyoga discussed.
23-28	The bright and dark paths described.

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Chapter IX entitled "The Yoga of the Sovereign Science and the Sovereign Secret"
 

1-6	The subject of Jnana (Knowledge) with its glory described.
7-10	The origin of the world discussed.
11-15	Condemnation of men of the demonical nature, who despise God, and the method of Bhajana of men possessed of the divine nature.
16-19	Description of God, as the soul of everything, and His glory.
20-25	The fruits of worship with a motive and without motive.
26-34	The glory of Devotion practiced disinterestedly.

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Chapter X entitled "The Yoga of Divine Glories"
 

1-7	Description of God's glories and power of Yoga with the fruit of their knowledge.
8-11	Bhaktiyoga - its fruit and glory.
12-18	Arjuna offers his praises to God and prays to the Lord for a description of His glories and power of Yoga.
19-42	The Lord describes His glories and power of Yoga.

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Chapter XI entitled "The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form"
 

1-4	Arjuna prays to the Lord for a vision of His Universal form.
5-8	The Lord describes His Universal Form.
9-14	The Universal Form described by Sanjaya to Dhritarashtra.
15-31	Arjuna sees the Lord's Universal Form and offers praises to the Lord.
32-34	God describes His glory and exhorts Arjuna to fight.
35-46	Overtaken by fright, Arjuna offers Praises to God, and prays for a sight of the Lord's Four armed Form.
47-50	The Lord describes the glory of the vision of His Universal Form, and reveals to Arjuna His Four armed, gentle form.
51-55	The impossibility of obtaining a sight of the Four armed Form without exclusive Devotion, which is described with its fruit.

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Chapter XII entitled "The Yoga of Devotion"
 

1-12	Respective merits of the worshippers of God with Form and without Form, and the means of God Realization.
13-20	Marks of the God-realized soul.

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Chapter XIII entitled "The Yoga of Discrimination between the Field and the knower of the Field"
 

1-18	The subject of "Field" and the Knower of the "Field", together with Knowledge.
19-34	The subject of Prakriti and Purusha (Matter and Spirit) together with knowledge.

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Chapter XIV entitled "The Yoga of Classification of the three Gunas"
 

1-4	The glory of Knowledge; evolution of the world from Prakriti and Purusha.
5-18	The qualities of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas described.
19-27	Means of God-Realization, and marks of the soul who has transcended the Gunas.

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Chapter XV entitled "The Yoga of the Supreme Person"
 

1-6	Description of the Universe as a tree and the means of God-Realization.
7-11	The Jeevaatma, or individual soul.
12-15	God and His Glory described.
16-20	The perishable (bodies of all beings), the imperishable (Jeevaatma) and the Supreme Person.

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Chapter XVI entitled "The Yoga of Discrimination between the Divine and the Demonical Properties"
 

1-5	The Divine and the demonical properties described with their fruit.
6-20	Marks of man possessed of the demonical properties and their damnation described.
21-24	Instruction about renouncing conduct opposed to the scriptures and exhortation to follow the scriptures.

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Chapter XVII entitled "The Yoga of Classification of the Threefold Faith"
 

1-6	Discussion on Faith and on the fate of men who perform austere penance not enjoined by the scriptures.
7-22	Different Kinds of food, sacrifice, penance and charity described.
23-28	The meaning and attention of uttering "Om Tat Sat" explained.

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Chapter XVIII entitled " The Yoga of Liberation through the Path of Knowledge and Self-Surrender "
 

1-12	The subject of Tyaaga or Relinquishment.
13-18	Causes of Karma according to the Sankhya system.
19-40	Classification of knowledge, action, doer, reason, firmness and joy according to the three Gunas.
41-48	Duties attaching to each caste and the fruit of their performance.
49-55	The path of Knowledge described.
56-66	The path of Karmayoga, or selfless action, together with Devotion.
67-78	The glory of the Gita described.

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