Arjuna Prayer in the Bhagavad Gita

Verses across the Gita that speak to arjuna prayer, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.

• 10.12Recognition turns into surrender when the highest reality stands revealed.
• 10.14True recognition begins where ordinary beings cannot see.
• 10.16Only the source can fully name its own presence in the world.
• 10.17Devotion needs a form the mind can return to again and again.
• 11.2All change is clear only beside what does not change.
• 11.17What is most real cannot be fully held by sight.
• 11.36The divine name can turn fear into devotion and disorder into reverence.
• 11.37What exceeds all categories naturally draws surrender.
• 11.39All powers and forces bow inside the one you face.
• 11.41Familiarity without recognition becomes disrespect; awe restores the right relation.
• 11.42Familiarity can hide greatness until awe breaks through.
• 11.43Recognition of the highest power dissolves all comparison.
• 11.44True reverence asks forgiveness without excuses.
• 11.45A vision can awaken joy and fear at once.