The Uddhav Gita (also called the Hamsa Gita or Ekadasha Skanda) contains Krishna's final teachings to his devotee Uddhava before departing from the world — found in Srimad Bhagavatam, Book 11. Often called the most intimate Gita, it covers liberation, the nature of the soul, Bhakti Yoga, renunciation and the highest devotion. Read the full text in English and Hindi translation, free.

Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Uddhava

Uddhava Gita

  • 7. Krishna Instructs Uddhava


  • 8. The Story of Pingala


  • 9. Detachment from Everything Material


  • 10. The Nature of Fruitive Activity


  • 11. The Symptoms of Conditioned and Liberated Living Entities


  • 12. Beyond Renunciation and Knowledge


  • 13. The Hamsa-avatar Answers the Questions of the Sons of Brahma


  • 14. Krishna Explains the Yoga System to Uddhava


  • 15. Krishna's Description of Mystic Yoga Perfections


  • 16. The Lord's Opulence


  • 17. Krishna's Description of the Varnashrama System


  • 18. Description of Varnashrama-dharma


  • 19.The Perfection of Spiritual Knowledge


  • 20. Pure Devotional Service Surpasses Knowledge and Detachment


  • 21. Krishna's Explanation of the Vedic Path


  • 22. Enumeration of the Elements of Material Creation


  • 23. The Song of the Avanti Brahmana


  • 24. The Philosophy of Sankhya


  • 25. The Three Modes of Nature and Beyond


  • 26. The Aila-gita


  • 27. Krishna's Instructions on the Process of Deity Worship


  • 28. Jnana-yoga


  • 29. Bhakti-yoga