Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
In this final and longest chapter, Krishna draws together the whole of his teaching. He distinguishes true renunciation — giving up attachment to the fruits of action, while continuing to act — from mere abandonment of one's duties, and once more analyzes action, knowledge, the doer, the intellect and even happiness itself according to the three gunas, restating the natural duties of the four social orders as expressions of one's own inborn nature rather than arbitrary hierarchy. Building toward its climax, the chapter repeats and intensifies the Gita's central invitation: fix your mind on Krishna, be devoted to him, and he promises union as the certain result, culminating in the single most famous line of surrender in the whole text — abandon every other dharma and take refuge in him alone, and he will free the seeker from all sin. Arjuna, his confusion dispelled, declares himself ready to act according to Krishna's word, and the poem closes with Sanjaya's own verdict: wherever Krishna, the Lord of yoga, and Arjuna, the archer, are found together, there will surely be fortune, victory and prosperity.
“Better is one's own duty, though imperfectly performed, than the duty of another well performed; one incurs no sin by performing the action prescribed by one's own nature.”
“The Lord dwells in the hearts of all beings, Arjuna, causing them to revolve, as if mounted on a machine, by his divine power (maya).”
“Thus has knowledge more secret than all secrets been declared to you by me. Reflect on this fully, then act as you choose.”
“Fix your mind on me, be devoted to me, sacrifice to me, bow down to me; you shall surely come to me — this I promise you truly, for you are dear to me.”
“Abandoning all varieties of dharma, take refuge in me alone. I will liberate you from all sins; do not grieve.”
The Gita's climactic verse of surrender (sharanagati) — often read as the summation of the entire text.
“Arjuna said: My delusion is destroyed, and I have gained understanding through your grace, Krishna. I stand firm, my doubts dispelled; I will act according to your word.”
“Sanjaya said: Wherever there is Krishna, the Lord of yoga, and Arjuna, the archer, there will surely be fortune, victory, prosperity, and sound policy — this is my firm belief.”
The final verse of the entire Gita, spoken not by Krishna or Arjuna but by the narrator Sanjaya.
Chapter summaries composed for MyBrahman; verse translations from the public-domain Kashinath Trimbak Telang translation (1882, Sacred Books of the East, vol. 8) where directly checkable, and/or widely-attested traditional renderings of famous verses, cited by standard chapter.verse numbering.