Lord Krishna
Divine TeacherThe Supreme Lord, the charioteer and divine guide of Arjuna. Krishna delivers the eternal wisdom of the Gita, revealing the nature of the soul, duty, and the path to liberation.
Speaking: Chapter 5, Verse 17
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Verse 17
The Yoga of Renunciation
When one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.
Context & Meaning
Those whose intellect, heart, and devotion are all absorbed in the Supreme — purified of all impurities by knowledge — go to the state of no-return. This is moksha: liberation from the cycle of rebirth.