Chapter 15 · Verse 2 · Purushottama Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 15.2
Sanskrit
अधश्चोर्ध्वं प्रसृतास्तस्य शाखा गुणप्रवृद्धा विषयप्रवालाः।अधश्च मूलान्यनुसन्ततानि कर्मानुबन्धीनि मनुष्यलोके।।15.2।।
Transliteration
adhaśh chordhvaṁ prasṛitās tasya śhākhā guṇa-pravṛiddhā viṣhaya-pravālāḥ adhaśh cha mūlāny anusantatāni karmānubandhīni manuṣhya-loke
In plain words
You feel tangled—by your choices, your desires, the weight of what you've done and what's been done to you. You can't see a way out because you believe you *are* the tangle. Krishna says: you are not the branches caught in this tree of cause and effect. You are the witness watching it all. The moment you stop fighting to be free *from* your life and start recognizing that you are not your circumstances, not your mistakes, not even your longing—that's when the grip loosens.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the cosmic tree of existence—rooted in the unmanifest Brahman above, its branches spreading downward through the three gunas into the world of senses and desires. Our actions bind us to this tree, creating the endless cycle of becoming.
Yet knowing this tree's true nature—that it is temporary, dependent, and sustained by the eternal Self—becomes the first step toward liberation, for we begin to recognize ourselves as the unchanging witness rather than the entangled branch.
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Bhagavad Gita 15.2 — BG 15.2
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