Bhagavad-gītā

Verses to learn by heart

155 verses in all: the 108 memory verses, and 47 more from the Must-know verse book.

Learn one at a time: say the verse and its translation aloud until you can say them without looking.

Chosen from the ISKCON Bhakti-śāstrī memory list, then the verses Śrīla Prabhupāda quoted in the most recorded lectures. Each one is marked Memory verse wherever you read it.

Begin with these

The ten Śrīla Prabhupāda quoted most.

BG 18.66 BG 2.13 BG 4.9 BG 7.14 BG 18.61 BG 7.19 BG 3.27 BG 18.54 BG 2.20 BG 15.15

- BG 1.1Quoted in 35 lecturesStudy
  dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
  dharma-kṣetre kuru-kṣetre
  samavetā yuyutsavaḥ
  māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva
  kim akurvata sañjaya
  Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O Sañjaya, after my sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu assembled in the place of pilgrimage at Kurukṣetra, desiring to fight, what did they do?