When Gita began, Krishna started by saying we should do our duties which he calls as karma without wishing for the results that arise out of our actions. When this book comes to an end he speaks about the different characters of people and it’s effect on their lives. Now Krishna combines those two and conclude this book. He combines Karma and character we all possess.

Explanation on Karma begins by differentiating austerity from duty. Many a time we have heard that austerity is virtue. But Krishna says that austerity can’t be used as an excuse to skip our duties. If we think certain job must be done by us, we can’t cheat ourselves by saying that we are going to be saints and will do prayer to God only. We can’t say we won’t do that job which we ourselves realise as required by us to be done. The austerity must be attributed to relinquishment of desire for good result of our duties. Not the duty itself.

We do a job using five elements namely our body, our soul, our senses, the God part residing inside us and our actions using these four elements. But some people think that it’s their own merit that makes a thing happened by them. They don’t understand the part played by God silently for them.

Only the good people see God inside all living and non living things in the universe. The bad thinks that every thing in the universe is different from every other thing. The worse think that only a certain things are worth noticing in the world and pay attention to only those.

The good people can differentiate between a good karma, bad karma and worse karma. Bad people are unable to see that difference. But by virtue of their character they won’t do worse karmas like hurting others for no reason. The worse people have all the worse emotions like anger, desperation, hatred etc. If we think that we too have these emotions then sad it may seem but it must be concluded that we are also worse.

Happiness also differs among three types of people. The good experience happiness which though in the beginning tastes like sour, in the end it becomes sweet. That’s because when we practice duties without wish for results for the first time, it may sound absurd. The bad people experience the reverse of this. They in the beginning feel a happiness because they start a job with a hope to get something God but in the end miss that happiness when the result doesn’t come in their way. Then their happiness becomes sadness. Compared to these two classes of people, the worse is really worse because they experience no happiness neither in the beginning nor in the end. They begin a job with a disappointed mind and upon not getting intended result end with another disappointed mind.

Krishna then gives some examples of jobs like that of a priest, a warrior, a merchant, a civil servant etc. One can choose a job he likes and which ever that job may be, he must do it as a prayer to God. Everyone is advised to do his Karma as found suitable by him in the way explained by Krishna.

After explaining that much, Krishna asks Arjuna whether his doubts are clear or not. Arjuna says his doubts are gone and he will do as Krishna suggested.

This whole chat between Krishna and Arjuna was also heard by Sanjaya who explains it to the king. He says to the king that he feels ecstatic pleasure on rewinding each word said by Arjuna and Krishna. He concludes that victory in war is likely to have on the side where Krishna and Arjuna stand.