The Gita

Chapter 5 · Verse 3 of 29

The Yoga of Renunciation of Action

कर्मसन्न्यासयोग

Meaning

Supreme God Krishna spoke

O, Mighty-armed Arjuna! The practitioner of the Yoga of Unattached Action (Karma Yoga), who has freed himself from worldly aversions and cravings and is free from inner conflicts, happily casts off the chains of bondage to attain spiritual emancipation and is no less than a renunciant (sannyāsi). (5:3)

Sanskrit

श्रीभगवान् उवाच

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।

निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते॥

Word-by-word

ज्ञेयः सः नित्य सन्न्यासी, यः न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति,

निर्द्वन्द्वः हि महाबाहो, सुखम् बन्धात् प्र-मुच्यते।

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