मोक्ष

"This is the way of the spiritual and godly life, after attaining which a man is not bewildered. Being so situated, even at the hour of death, one can enter into the kingdom of God."

The Brahmic state: living in full engagement with the world, yet completely un-deluded.

"The sages, knowing me as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all worlds, and the friend of all living beings, attain peace from the pangs of material miseries."

Peace — the immediate taste of liberation — comes through knowing the nature of the Self.

"When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes, it can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses — and enjoy nectar even in this life."

Moksha isn't deferred — the Gita insists liberation is available in the present lifetime.

"Thereafter, one must seek that place from which, having once gone, one never returns, and surrender to that Supreme Person from whom everything began."

The cosmic tree metaphor culminates here: sever the root of attachment, find the source.

"One can understand me as I am, as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by devotional service. And when one is in full consciousness of me by such devotion, he can enter the kingdom of God."

The door to moksha — knowing the Self as it truly is, not as thought imagines it.

"Abandon all varieties of dharma and surrender unto me alone. I will deliver you from all sinful reactions; do not fear."

The final verse on liberation: when all striving ceases, something receives you.