Chapter15— The Yoga of the Supreme Self
Chapter Fifteen of the Bhagavad Gita, titled the Yoga of the Supreme Self, offers a profound cosmological allegory comparing the material world to an inverted banyan tree with roots above and branches below. In this pivotal section, the dialogue shifts from battlefield ethics to metaphysical inquiry, where Krishna elucidates the nature of the eternal soul versus the perishable body. This chapter serves as a crucial bridge within the text, transitioning the warrior from immediate tactical duty to a deeper understanding of liberation and the ultimate reality.
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The most influential English translation ever made. Sometimes archaic, but the standard PD English text.
Translators commissioned by King James I of England, 1604–1611
This chapter appears in 1 cross-tradition parallel
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