What does Bhagavad Gita chapter 17 teach? Chapter 17, Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga, has 28 verses. Its main teaching: What you eat, give and worship shows what your faith really is.
Summary
A person’s faith follows their nature. Food, sacrifice, austerity and charity each come in three kinds, by the three gunas. The chapter closes with the words Om Tat Sat, said before sacred acts.
The main teaching
Sources
- The Bhagavad Gita, in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. Verse numbers follow the usual 700-verse count.
Bring the Gita home
A learned pandit can recite the Gita in your home, for a blessing, an anniversary or in memory of a loved one.
Questions devotees ask us
How many verses are in chapter 17 of the Bhagavad Gita?
Chapter 17, Shraddhatraya Vibhaga Yoga, has 28 verses in the usual 700-verse count.
What is the main teaching of chapter 17?
What you eat, give and worship shows what your faith really is.