Review Bhagavad Gita 5.13-5.26: Krishna explains the body as the city of nine gates, Nature and ignorance, wisdom as sunlight, equal vision, steady intellect, inner happiness, mastery of desire and anger, and liberation joined with service.
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Question 1
What does the "city of nine gates" image in verse 5.13 teach?
Krishna uses the body as a city image to separate the dweller from the dwelling. The wise mentally renounce doership while the embodied life continues.
What happens when Self-knowledge removes ignorance in verses 5.16-5.17?
The sun image shows revelation, not invention. Self-knowledge removes darkness, and a mind fixed on the Divine becomes purified and moves beyond return.
How do verses 5.21-5.22 contrast inner happiness with sense pleasure?
Krishna is not asking for hatred of life. He is warning that external contacts cannot provide lasting fulfillment because they are temporary and often feed craving.
What test of spiritual maturity does Krishna give in verse 5.23?
Krishna makes the discipline immediate. The happy yogi is not one who never faces inner pressure, but one who can withstand desire and anger before death.
How do verses 5.24-5.26 describe the liberated direction of the sage?
Krishna joins inner realization with universal welfare. Liberation is not selfish isolation; the purified sage is inwardly illumined and outwardly oriented toward the good of all beings.
