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Shloka 15.9 “Presiding over hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell, and the mind, He enjoys the objects of the senses.” Key Teaching: The soul, presiding over senses and mind, enjoys senseobjects. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that the soul, presiding over the senses (hearing, sight, touch, taste, smell) and mind, enjoys […]

Shloka 15.8 “When the Lord takes a body and leaves it, He takes these and goes, as the wind carries fragrances from their places.” Key Teaching: The soul carries senses and mind between bodies, like wind carrying fragrances. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna states that when the soul takes or leaves

Shloka 15.7 “An eternal portion of Myself, having become a living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the five senses with the mind as the sixth, abiding in nature.” Key Teaching: The soul, an eternal portion of Krishna, draws senses in the material world. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti

Shloka 15.6 “Neither sun, moon, nor fire illumines that; reaching it, none return; that is My supreme abode.” Key Teaching: The supreme abode, beyond illumination, is nonreturning. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna describes his supreme abode as beyond sun, moon, or fire’s illumination, from which none return. This verse,

Shloka 15.5 “Free from pride and delusion, victorious over attachment, dwelling in the Self, desireless, liberated from pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that eternal goal.” Key Teaching: Freedom from pride and attachment leads to the eternal goal. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Dhyana Yoga. Description: Krishna states that those free from pride,

Shloka 15.4 “Then seek that place from which none return, saying, ‘I take refuge in the Primal Person, whence flowed the ancient stream.’” Key Teaching: Seek the nonreturning state by taking refuge in the Primal Person. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna instructs to seek the state from which none

Shloka 15.3 “Its form is not perceived here, nor its end, beginning, or foundation; cutting this firmrooted Ashvattha tree with the strong axe of detachment.” Key Teaching: Detachment is the axe to cut the tree of samsara. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna explains that the Ashvattha tree’s form, end, beginning, or

Shloka 15.2 “Its branches spread below and above, nourished by the gunas; senseobjects are its buds; its roots extend below, binding to action in the human world.” Key Teaching: The tree’s branches, driven by gunas, bind through action. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga, Karma Yoga. Description: Krishna elaborates that the Ashvattha tree’s branches,

Shloka 15.1 “They speak of an imperishable Ashvattha tree with roots above and branches below; its leaves are the Vedas; he who knows it knows the Vedas.” Key Teaching: The cosmic tree symbolizes samsara, rooted in the divine. Theme: Guidance, Jnana Yoga, Moksha Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna introduces the Ashvattha tree, an imperishable symbol of

Shloka 14.27 “For I am the basis of Brahman, the immortal, imperishable, and the basis of eternal dharma and absolute bliss.” Key Teaching: Krishna is the basis of Brahman, eternal dharma, and absolute bliss. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Guna Traya Vibhaga Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga. Description: Krishna declares himself the basis of Brahman, the immortal,