Chapter 14, Verse 27
ब्रह्मणो हि प्रतिष्ठाहममृतस्याव्ययस्य च | शाश्वतस्य च धर्मस्य सुखस्यैकान्तिकस्य च ||१४-२७||
brahmaṇo hi pratiṣṭhāhamamṛtasyāvyayasya ca . śāśvatasya ca dharmasya sukhasyaikāntikasya ca ||14-27||
Meaning
14.27 For I am the abode of Brahman, the immortal and the immutable, of everlasting Dharma and of absolute bliss.
Word-by-Word Meaning
Explanation & Commentary
Krishna closes the chapter by revealing why devotion to Him leads to becoming Brahman: He Himself is the very pratiṣṭhā — the foundation, abode, and ground — of Brahman. The impersonal Absolute is immortal (amṛta) and immutable (avyaya), the support of everlasting dharma and of ekāntika sukha, absolute and unconditional bliss; and Krishna declares that all of this rests in Him.
This is the Gita's profound unifying of the personal and impersonal Divine. To reach the formless Brahman, one need not bypass the loving Lord, for He is its source and standing-place. Thus the devotion praised in the previous verse is no lesser path; in loving Krishna, the seeker is already embracing the ground of the deathless Absolute, eternal righteousness, and perfect joy. The chapter that began by mapping the bondage of the three guṇas ends by pointing to the One in whom all bondage dissolves — the immortal foundation where knowledge, devotion, and freedom finally meet.
💡 Key Takeaway
The deathless Absolute, eternal righteousness, and perfect bliss all rest in the Divine — so to love God is to reach the ground of all freedom.
Related Verses
श्रीभगवानुवाच | परं भूयः प्रवक्ष्यामि ज्ञानानां ज्ञानमुत्तमम् | यज्ज्ञात्वा मुनयः सर्वे परां सिद्धिमितो गताः ||१४-१||
śrībhagavānuvāca . paraṃ bhūyaḥ pravakṣyāmi jñānānāṃ jñānamuttamam . yajjñātvā munayaḥ sarve parāṃ siddhimito gatāḥ ||14-1||
14.1 The Blessed Lord said I will again declare (to thee) that supreme knowledge, the best of all knowledge, having known which all the sages have gone to the supreme perfection after this life.
इदं ज्ञानमुपाश्रित्य मम साधर्म्यमागताः | सर्गेऽपि नोपजायन्ते प्रलये न व्यथन्ति च ||१४-२||
idaṃ jñānamupāśritya mama sādharmyamāgatāḥ . sarge.api nopajāyante pralaye na vyathanti ca ||14-2||
14.2 They who, having taken refuge in this knowledge, have attained to unity with Me, are neither born at the time of creation nor are they disturbed at the time of dissolution.
नान्यं गुणेभ्यः कर्तारं यदा द्रष्टानुपश्यति | गुणेभ्यश्च परं वेत्ति मद्भावं सोऽधिगच्छति ||१४-१९||
nānyaṃ guṇebhyaḥ kartāraṃ yadā draṣṭānupaśyati . guṇebhyaśca paraṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ so.adhigacchati ||14-19||
14.19 When the seer beholds no agent other than the Gunas and knows That which is higher than they, he attains to My Being.