On Bhagavad Gita: Four paths to Liberation

Acharya Prashant
9 min readDec 25, 2020

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।

अन्ये साङ् ख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ।। 13.25 ।।

dhyānenātmani paśhyanti kechid ātmānam ātmanā

anye sānkhyena yogena karma-yogena chāpare

Some by meditation behold the Self in their own intelligence by the purified heart, others by the path of knowledge, others again by Karma Yoga.

~ Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 25

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अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्त: श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते ।

तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणा: ।। 13.26 ।।

anye tv evam ajānantaḥ śhrutvānyebhya upāsate

te ’pi chātitaranty eva mṛityuṁ śhruti-parāyaṇāḥ

Others again, not knowing thus, worship as they have…

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