3 "I".

Incision into :

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The Inclination,

The Involvement, and

The Indulgence.

Gita chapter 1 is about the foreground what Maharshi VEDAVYASA turned into a greatest classic of all times.

This chapter 1 narrates about the situation in the battlefield where the Great war took place. And it was but natural that Arjuna was overwhelmed by self-pity and could not see what the war meant and was of worth.

So far, so good.

Sri-Krishna explained to him the essentials of Sankhya angle in the next chapter 2.

Arjuna was unable to grasp this teaching of the Sankhya Darshana so a dialogue started between the two. 

From the chapter 2 onwards till the end, that is the chapter 18, throughout this whole text of Gita, Sri-Krisna deals with Yoga aspect of the Karma-Darshana, on the (pretext of the) assumption that this may help Arjuna to take a decision with confidence.

In a way Sri-Krishna performed the role of a motivational speaker / Guru only. 

But the crux / the climax of this text comes and is to be seen in the chapter 18, where Sri-Krishna, - though well aware that Karma (deed), JnAna (knowledge) and the Karta (the notion of 'some-one' who is supposed to execute / perform the deed) are hypothetical, appear and disappear in thought only and as such they have no intrinsic truth whatever, assumes them as to be true for helping and convincing Arjuna.

Though Arjuna is quite unaware of this fact, he listens to Sri-Krishna with all due respect, care, and attention and follows his words.

Sri-Krishna further elaborates His point and takes it for granted, that not only the Karma (deed), but also the Karta (the one who is supposed to execute / perform a deed) along-with the JnAna (knowledge) are as much real and true, the result of the deed / action, -the  (Karma-phala) -is real.

That is how Sri-Krishna then classifies and categorizes the three hypothetical ideas / notions, namely the Karta, the Karma, and the JnAna, accordingly in terms of the three kinds of  satvika, rajasika and tamasika tendencies respectively.

satvika, rajasika and tamasika are the kinds of tendencies of mind that could be treated again as the synonyms of

The Inclination,

The Involvement, and

The Indulgence.

Accordingly the Karta, the Karma and the JnAna are also described in terms of these three tendencies, which are basically the 3 constituents of Maya only.

In conclusion, the whole text of Gita deals with beautifully and fits perfectly well with the way one would approach the Reality.

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This Reminds me of -

(Thus spake Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj:)

"If you know what you teach, you can teach what you know".

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