A declaration · expansive in mood · builds on earlier teachings
“All ultimate freedom rests in Krishna, not apart from him.”
For I am the foundation of Brahman, of immortality, of the imperishable, of eternal dharma, and of unending bliss.
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Krishna says he is the support behind Brahman, immortality, the imperishable, eternal dharma, and ultimate bliss.
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga" (The Three Modes of Material Nature).
Verse 27 sits in Chapter 14 of the Bhagavad Gita — Gunatraya Vibhaga Yoga, "The Three Modes of Material Nature". The chapter has 27 verses in total.
Parents often build security out of a house, a pension and good marriages for the children. Krishna points to a ground beneath all of those: Brahman, dharma and lasting joy rest in him.
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Krishna closes Chapter 14 by calling himself the ground of Brahman, immortality, eternal dharma and lasting bliss.
What this verse means
Krishna says he is the support behind Brahman, immortality, the imperishable, eternal dharma, and ultimate bliss.
Context & commentary
After describing the one who rises beyond the three gunas, Krishna gives the final summit of the chapter. With Arjuna still needing a way beyond inner bondage, Krishna says that the highest reality, lasting freedom, and ultimate fulfilment all rest in him.
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Parents often build security out of a house, a pension and good marriages for the children. Krishna points to a ground beneath all of those: Brahman, dharma and lasting joy rest in him.
“What you seek at the deepest level is not separate from its source.”
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