Let’s read Chapter 3 together and then we can apply the memory technic to remember the key verses!
CHAPTER THREE
KARMA-YOGA
UNDERSTANDING KARMA YOGA
VERSES 1-2: ARJUNA’S QUESTION
3.1 Arjuna says: If, O Kṛṣṇa, you consider intelligence to be superior to action, why do you urge me to engage in this terrible deed?
VERSES 3-16: THE INESCAPABLE NATURE OF ACTION
3.9 Apart from action done in a spirit of sacrifice, this world is bound by action. Therefore, Arjuna, being free from attachment, you must act with this purpose alone.
VERSES 17-26: THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WISE
3.20 Verily, by karma-yoga alone did Janaka and others reach perfection. Indeed, you should act bearing in mind the welfare of the world.
loka saṅgraha – welfare of the world
3.21 Whatever an eminent person does, other people also do; whatever standard that one sets, the world follows.
VERSES 27-35: TRANSCENDING THE GUṆAS AND KARMA
3.35 It is better to carry out one’s own duty incorrectly, than it is to carry out the duty of another perfectly. Death is better in one’s own duty, for the duty of another is filled with danger.
VERSES 36-43: DESIRE IS THE GREAT ENEMY OF THE WISE
3.36 Arjuna says: But what is it, Kṛṣṇa, that causes one to stray even against one’s own will, as if compelled by some force?
3.38 Just as a fire is enveloped by smoke, a mirror is covered by dust, and an embryo by the amnion, so is this world enveloped by desire.