Hinduism

Chapter18— The Yoga of Liberation

◆ About this chapter

Chapter eighteen of the Bhagavad Gita, titled Karma Yoga or the Yoga of Liberation, serves as the philosophical climax of the text. In this final discourse, the divine speaker synthesizes the preceding arguments regarding duty, renunciation, and devotion to offer a comprehensive vision of spiritual freedom. The chapter concludes the dialogue by establishing the ultimate goal of human existence as liberation from the cycle of rebirth through the realization of the self's true nature.

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King James Version (1611)

1611 · Public domain

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

Abandon all duties and come to Me alone for shelter. I will deliver thee from all sins; grieve not.The Mediator ⁷⁸Wherever is Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, wherever is Arjuna the archer, there will surely be splendour, victory, welfare, and righteousness — so I hold it.

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