Before the Bhagavad Gita, yoga was for renunciants.

You meditated in caves, withdrew from society, gave up your job and family. To be a "real" yogi meant leaving the world behind.

The Gita smashed that model completely.

In the story, warrior Arjuna refuses to fight because he'd have to kill his teachers, grandfather, and cousins. He wants to run away. But Krishna, his charioteer, powerful god, and mentor, doesn't tell him to go meditate in the forest.

He tells Arjuna to stay exactly where he is, in the middle of the chaos, with all his responsibilities, facing his hardest challenge. And that can be his yoga.

This was revolutionary. The Gita taught that you can reach enlightenment through action in the world, not just meditation in isolation.

You don't have to drop everything and become a hermit. You can have a house, a job, a family, and still follow a yogic path. You can find liberation on the battlefield of your actual life.

This made yoga accessible to ordinary people living ordinary lives: parents, workers, anyone with responsibilities and relationships.

That's why the Gita endures 2,000+ years later. It meets you where you are, in the midst of your messy life, and shows you that this, right here, right now, can be your path to freedom.