Gita Verse by Verse

Gita 11.39 Appreciate the Absolute Truth in both bheda and abheda aspects

Gita 11.38 Knowledge of the Absolute helps us see how the things we know manifest the one we need to ultimately know

Gita 11.37 God in this world is like an author in a book – the cause outside the cause-effect chain

Gita 11.36 What brings joy to the godly causes misery to the ungodly

Gita 11.35 The kala rupa makes the fearless fearful

Gita 11.34 Assurances are reassuring when they are not just generic but also specific

Gita 11.33 Harmonizing with the divine will is the perfection of human expertise

Gita 11.32 Question about the identity of the familiar refers to the unfamiliar within the familiar

Gita 11.31 Encountering the fearful kala rupa in the vishva-rupa is disconcerting

Gita 1​1.30 The all-devouring feature of the universal form reveals how the war is a yajna

​Gita 1​1.29 To be enriched with speed on the path of self-destruction is tragic

​Gita 11.28 The life and the death of the dharmic is auspicious

​Gita 11.27 The comprehensive vision of the universes includes its gruesome features

Gita 11.26 The event of death is virtue-neutral, but the destination after death isn’t

Gita 11.25 The sight of the unfamiliar in the familiar is disorienting

​Gita 11.24 Repetition is not always rambling – it can be for stress or beauty

Gita 11.23 The universal form’s predatory features arouse fear even in Arjuna

​Gita 11.22 The vibhutis are astounded by the virata rupa

​Gita 11.21 The celestials are not just the universal form’s components but also its respondents

Gita 11.20 The universal form induces awe – both wonder and fear

Gita 11.19 – The universal form is not just blinding but also burning

Gita 11.18 – The universal form is the eternal personal protector of dharma

Gita 11.17 – The blinding brightness conveys the universal form’s glory

Gita 11.16 – Description of vision stimulates identification of the source of that vision

​Gita 11.15 – Arjuna’s vision encompasses the whole universe from top to bottom

Gita 11.14 – Arjuna’s mood changes from submissive discussion to prayerful veneration

Gita 11.13 – The universal form reconciles the one and the many

Gita 11.12 – Human perception and description are inadequate before divine self-revelation

​Gita 11.11 – The visual demonstration reinforces the philosophical exposition

​Gita 11.10 The first impression of the universal form is astonishing

Gita 11.09 The universal form is the ultimate mystical vision

​Gita 11.08 Our vision is a function of our qualification

Gita 11.07 The universal form transcends limitations of space and time

​Gita 11.05 – The many forms within the one form – variety manifests within divinity

Gita 11.04 – Devotee desires to see Krishna but doesn’t demand

​Gita 11.03 – Arjuna’s desire to know Krishna’s glory comes not from doubt but from devotion

Gita 11.02 – Freedom from delusion comes by understanding the ephemeral and the eternal beyond the ephemeral

Gita 11.01 – Those enlightened by divine mercy desire similar enlightenment for others

Gita 10.42 – Appreciate Krishna’s opulence by appreciating the potency of his fragment

Gita 10.41 See the attractiveness of the attractive not as Maya but as sparks of Krishna

Gita 10.40 – Krishna’s infinitude brings not confusion, but jubilation

​Gita 10.39 – God is the one without whose existence no existence is possible

​Gita 10.37 – Krishna’s manifestations encompass all the three worlds

​Gita 10.36 The thrill of victory and adventure is an experience of Krishna

Gita 10.38 – Punishment may not stop wrong desiring, but it can stop wrong doing

Gita 11.06 – We see with the information that helps us makes sense of what we see

Gita 10.35 – The beauty of music and nature manifest Krishna’s opulence

Gita 10.34 – The comprehensiveness of death’s stealing represents Krishna

​Gita 10.33 – Re-envision attraction to language and words to become attracted to Krishna

Gita 10.32 – Krishna manifests as all phases of action in material existence

Gita 10.31 – The power of powerful weapons and warriors points to Krishna

Gita 10.30 – God manifests as the godly among the ungodly

Gita 10.29 See the prominent powers in the Vedic cosmos as manifestations of the supreme power

​Gita 10.28 The life that emerges from love manifests the divine

​Gita 10.27 – The ruler manifests God’s opulence, for good or for bad

​Gita 10.26 – ​The transcendental manifests among the celestial

​Gita 10.25 – Japa is an opportunity to offer our most treasured possession – consciousness

Gita 10.24 – Channel feelings of awe from giant things towards the source of all awe

​Gita 10.23 – The heavenly treasurer’s treasure comes from the supreme

​Gita 10.22 – God’s opulence pervades and sustains all life everywhere

Gita 10.21 – Celestial glory manifests transcendental glory

​Gita 10.20 – The transcendent divinity is pervasively immanent in space and time

​Gita 10.19 – Our eagerness to hear Krishna’s glories is auspicious for us and delightful for Krishna

Gita 10.18 – Bhakti is joyful and fruitful

​Gita 10.17 – Recollection and participation are reconciled by understanding God’s immanence

​Gita 10.16 – Desire for details of a subject demonstrates deep devotion to that subject

Gita 10.15 – Vedic theology is not polytheism, but multi-level monotheism

Gita 10.14 – Accept Krishna’s position and message the way Arjuna accept it

​Gita 10.13 – The sages’ reiteration of Krishna’s words boosts our conviction and devotion

​Gita 10.12 – Krishna is transcendence beyond transcendence

Gita 10.11 – The way to drive out darkness is to turn on the light

Gita 10.10 – Krishna gives us the intelligence to attain him

Gita 10.09 – Devotion means to center our emotion, action and discussion on Krishna

Gita 10.08 – Knowledge of Krishna’s position transforms our disposition

Gita 10.07 – Appreciation of Krishna’s greatness guarantees absorption in him

Gita 10.06 – Realize the greatness of our universal genealogy

Gita 10.05 – Krishna asks Arjuna to fight, yet is the source of the qualities that engender peace

Gita 10.04 – Krishna offers the good beyond the bad and the good

Gita 10.03 – Understanding Krishna’s position frees us from sins

Gita 10.02 – Appreciating the glory of the object of devotion enhances devotion

Gita 10.01 – The Gita is an endearing combination of lofty exposition and intimate affection

Gita 09.34 – Direct your cognition, emotion and action towards Krishna

Gita 09.33 – Go beyond incompatible material existence to compatible spiritual existence

Gita 09.32 – Bhakti brings universality to spirituality

Gita 9.31 – For devotees connected with Krishna, the happily ever after is guaranteed

Gita 09.02 – Knowledge that gives the greatest power is the greatest knowledge

Gita 09.30 – Krishna never abandons devotees even when they fall

Gita 09.29 – Krishna is neither impartial nor partial – he is reciprocal

Gita 09.28 – Bhakti accommodates even those for whom bhakti is an afterthought

Gita 09.26 – Krishna is hungry for the reciprocation of affection

Gita 09.25 – Different paths lead to different goals

Gita 09.24 – Education about reality is not discrimination against certain features of reality

Gita 09.23 – The Gita’s multi-level monotheism is the balance between Abrahamic monotheism and Greco-Roman polytheism

Gita 09.22 – Seek spiritual security not just in the soul but in Krishna

Gita 09.21 – Blindness to mortality, even if it be in heaven, is still blindness

Gita 09.20 – Karma-kanda leads to elevation, but not liberation

Gita 09.19 – In Krishna contradictions are transcended and reconciled

Gita 09.18 – God is not a remote controller – he is the pervasive sustainer

Gita 09.17 – Krishna is the sustainer of our sustainers

Gita 09.15 – Jnana yajna is not the same as jnana-yoga