Shloka 1
अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga
The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
६) अर्थात् “वह ब्रह्म ही होकर ब्रह्मको प्राप्त होता है।।
arjuna uvāca
Wika ni Arjuna: (Dito nagsimulang magsalita si Arjuna, humihingi ng linaw sa tamang landas ng pagsasanay at pagtalikod sa gitna ng bigat na moral ng nalalapit na digmaan. Inilalatag ng tanong niya ang suliraning etikal: mas mainam bang hanapin ang kalayaan sa pag-urong mula sa gawa, o sa disiplinadong pagkilos na iniaalay nang walang pagkapit?)
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.