The chapter details how the three Gunas, Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, bind the individual to the cycle of birth and death and the characteristics of those who have transcended them.
This chapter explains the concepts of Sannyasa (renunciation) and Tyaga (relinquishment) as well as the different types of knowledge, action, and doers determined by the three Gunas (qualities): Sattvic, Rajasic, and Tamasic