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What is moksha in Hinduism?
In short
Moksha is liberation — the release of the soul (atman) from the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (samsara), and its realisation of its true, eternal nature. The Bhagavad Gita (2.20) teaches that this self is unborn and undying; moksha is awakening to that deathless reality.
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The verse
“na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin”
Bhagavad Gita 2.20 · Chapter 2, Sankhya YogaThe soul is never born and never dies; eternal and ageless, it is not slain when the body is slain.
Spoken by Krishna to the warrior Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra — the Gita sits within the Mahabharata's Bhishma Parva — as Arjuna, overcome with grief and unwilling to fight his own kin, laid down his bow before the war.
In depth
Moksha is the fourth and highest aim of life in Hinduism, beyond dharma, artha, and kama. It is freedom from samsara — the round of rebirth driven by karma — and the end of all sorrow.
Traditions describe it variously: union with Brahman, loving nearness to God, or realisation of the self's own boundless nature. The Gita's ground for it is 2.20 — the self is eternal and unslain; moksha is knowing, not merely believing, that truth.
Related questions
What is moksha?
Liberation — the release of the soul from the cycle of birth and death (samsara) and the realisation of its true, eternal nature.
How is moksha achieved in the Gita?
Through selfless action, devotion, and knowledge — and ultimately, in the Gita's closing counsel, through surrender to the Divine.
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