Bhagavad Gita Quotes From Krishna: 20 Verses Diya Readers Open Most

The 20 most-read Bhagavad Gita quotes in Diya, with the full words of each verse

These are the 20 Gita verses Diya readers opened most between August 1 and October 25, 2026, among the verses Diya offers as daily quotes, counted from the app's own analytics with internal test accounts excluded. Each quote shows its chapter and verse, the Sanskrit, a transliteration, and Diya's English translation.

Each of these 20 verses is spoken by Krishna, as the speaker lines on the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite show.

Bhagavad Gita 6.5

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥ uddharedātmanātmānaṃ nātmānamavasādayet | ātmaiva hyātmano bandhurātmaiva ripurātmanaḥ ||	One should lift oneself by oneself and not degrade oneself, for the self alone is one’s friend and the self alone is one’s enemy.

Bhagavad Gita 9.26

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं यो मे भक्त्या प्रयच्छति। तदहं भक्त्युपहृतमश्नामि प्रयतात्मनः॥ patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati | tadahaṃ bhaktyupahṛtamaśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ ||	Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water—I accept that loving offering from the pure-hearted person.

Bhagavad Gita 6.26

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम्। ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वशं नयेत्॥ yato yato niścarati manaścañcalamasthiram | tatastato niyamyaitadātmanyeva vaśaṃ nayet ||	Wherever the restless and unsteady mind wanders, one should restrain it from there and bring it under the control of the Self alone.

Bhagavad Gita 10.20

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभूताशयस्थितः। अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भूतानामन्त एव च॥ ahamātmā guḍākeśa sarvabhūtāśayasthitaḥ | ahamādiśca madhyaṃ ca bhūtānāmanta eva ca ||	I am the Self, O Gudakesha, dwelling in the hearts of all beings. I am the beginning, the middle, and also the end of beings.

Bhagavad Gita 2.47

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥ karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana | mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo’stvakarmaṇi ||	Your authority is over action alone, never over its fruits. Do not make the fruits of action your motive, and do not be attached to inaction.

Bhagavad Gita 10.10

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
तेषां सततयुक्तानां भजतां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्। ददामि बुद्धियोगं तं येन मामुपयान्ति ते॥ teṣāṃ satatayuktānāṃ bhajatāṃ prītipūrvakam | dadāmi buddhiyogaṃ taṃ yena māmupayānti te ||	To those who are constantly joined to Me and worship with love, I give the yoga of discernment by which they come to Me.

Bhagavad Gita 12.13

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च। निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी॥ adveṣṭā sarvabhūtānāṃ maitraḥ karuṇa eva ca | nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ samaduḥkhasukhaḥ kṣamī ||	One who hates no being is friendly and compassionate, free from possessiveness and ego, equal in pain and pleasure, and forgiving.

Bhagavad Gita 12.15

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः। हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः॥ yasmānnodvijate loko lokānnodvijate ca yaḥ | harṣāmarṣabhayodvegairmukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ ||	One by whom the world is not disturbed and who is not disturbed by the world, who is free from elation, resentment, fear, and agitation, is dear to Me.

Bhagavad Gita 6.6

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
बन्धुरात्मात्मनस्तस्य येनात्मैवात्मना जितः। अनात्मनस्तु शत्रुत्वे वर्तेतात्मैव शत्रुवत्॥ bandhurātmātmanastasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ | anātmanastu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatruvat ||	For one who has conquered oneself by oneself, the self is a friend. But for one who has not mastered oneself, that very self behaves as an enemy.

Bhagavad Gita 9.27

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत्। यत्तपस्यसि कौन्तेय तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम्॥ yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat | yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇam ||	Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give, and whatever austerity you undertake, O son of Kunti, do that as an offering to Me.

Bhagavad Gita 9.22

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥ ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate | teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham ||	For those who worship Me, thinking of no other, and who are ever steadfast, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.

Bhagavad Gita 6.35

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
असंशयं महाबाहो मनो दुर्निग्रहं चलम्। अभ्यासेन तु कौन्तेय वैराग्येण च गृह्यते॥ asaṃśayaṃ mahābāho mano durnigrahaṃ calam | abhyāsena tu kaunteya vairāgyeṇa ca gṛhyate ||	Without doubt, O mighty-armed one, the mind is restless and difficult to restrain; yet it is brought under control through practice and dispassion, O son of Kunti.

Bhagavad Gita 9.30

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो भजते मामनन्यभाक्। साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः॥ api cetsudurācāro bhajate māmananyabhāk | sādhureva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito hi saḥ ||	Even if a person of very wrongful conduct worships Me with exclusive devotion, that person is to be regarded as righteous, for the resolve is rightly directed.

Bhagavad Gita 6.17

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु। युक्तस्वप्नावबोधस्य योगो भवति दुःखहा॥ yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasu | yuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahā ||	For one moderate in food and recreation, balanced in actions, and regulated in sleep and waking, yoga becomes the destroyer of suffering.

Bhagavad Gita 5.10

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा॥ brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ | lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā ||	One who performs actions by placing them in Brahman and abandoning attachment is not stained by wrongdoing, just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.

Bhagavad Gita 7.14

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
दैवी ह्येषा गुणमयी मम माया दुरत्यया। मामेव ये प्रपद्यन्ते मायामेतां तरन्ति ते॥ daivī hyeṣā guṇamayī mama māyā duratyayā | māmeva ye prapadyante māyāmetāṃ taranti te ||	This divine maya of Mine, made of the three qualities, is difficult to cross. Those who take refuge in Me alone cross over it.

Bhagavad Gita 2.48

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय। सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥ yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||	Established in yoga, perform actions while abandoning attachment, O Dhananjaya. Remain equal in success and failure; such equanimity is called yoga.

Bhagavad Gita 5.18

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि। शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः॥ vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini | śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ ||	The wise see with equality a learned and humble brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and one who eats dogs.

Bhagavad Gita 6.29

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि। ईक्षते योगयुक्तात्मा सर्वत्र समदर्शनः॥ sarvabhūtasthamātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani | īkṣate yogayuktātmā sarvatra samadarśanaḥ ||	One whose self is joined in yoga and whose vision is equal sees the Self abiding in all beings and all beings in the Self.

Bhagavad Gita 2.70

Sanskrit and transliteration	English
आपूर्यमाणमचलप्रतिष्ठं समुद्रमापः प्रविशन्ति यद्वत्। तद्वत्कामा यं प्रविशन्ति सर्वे स शान्तिमाप्नोति न कामकामी॥ āpūryamāṇamacalapratiṣṭhaṃ samudramāpaḥ praviśanti yadvat | tadvatkāmā yaṃ praviśanti sarve sa śāntimāpnoti na kāmakāmī ||	As waters enter the ever-full and unmoving ocean, so all desires enter one who remains steady; that person attains peace, not one who longs to satisfy desires.

You can read every verse of the Gita in Diya. For a reading rhythm, see the Bhagavad Gita verse-a-day reading plan, or read one of these verses closely in Bhagavad Gita 2.47 explained.

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