Shloka 1
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
६) अर्थात् “वह ब्रह्म ही होकर ब्रह्मको प्राप्त होता है।।
arjuna uvāca
Arjuna berkata: (Di sini Arjuna mula berbicara, memohon kejelasan tentang jalan amalan dan pelepasan yang benar di tengah tekanan moral perang yang kian mendekat. Pertanyaannya membingkai dilema etika: adakah pembebasan lebih baik dicari melalui pengunduran diri daripada tindakan, atau melalui tindakan yang berdisiplin dan dipersembahkan tanpa keterikatan?)
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The opening of this section signals Arjuna’s request for a clear criterion of the best spiritual discipline—renunciation of action or selfless action—setting up the teaching that true renunciation is inner non-attachment rather than mere external withdrawal.
On the battlefield setting of the Mahābhārata, Arjuna addresses Kṛṣṇa to resolve his confusion about the proper path to liberation and steadiness of mind, which leads into the Gītā’s exposition of yoga and meditation.