Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 5
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5.1
संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।
यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥ ५.१ ॥
Arjuna said: Kṛṣṇa, you praise the renunciation of actions and then again yoga. Tell me with certainty which one of these two is better.
5.2
संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ ।
तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥ ५.२ ॥
The Lord said: Renunciation and the yoga of action both lead to the highest good. But of the two, the yoga of action is superior to the renunciation of action.
5.3
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ५.३ ॥
He who neither hates nor desires should be known as one who is always renouncing. For, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed one, he is easily released from bondage.
5.4
सांख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः ।
एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥ ५.४ ॥
It is children, not the wise, who speak of Sāṃkhya and Yoga as different. One who is properly established in even one of them obtains the fruit of both.
5.5
यत्सांख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते ।
एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ ५.५ ॥
The state attained by the followers of Sāṃkhya is reached by the yogins as well. He who sees Sāṃkhya and Yoga as one truly sees.
5.6
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः ।
योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥ ५.६ ॥
But renunciation, O mighty-armed one, is hard to attain without yoga. The sage joined in yoga reaches Brahman before long.
5.7
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ।
सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥ ५.७ ॥
One who is joined in yoga, pure in heart, master of himself, with senses conquered, whose self has become the self of all beings, is not tainted even while acting.
5.8
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् ।
पश्यन् शृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन् ॥ ५.८ ॥
The steadfast one who knows the truth should think, "I do nothing at all," even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping and breathing.
5.9
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ॥ ५.९ ॥
Even while speaking, letting go, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, he holds that it is only the senses moving among the objects of the senses.
5.10
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥ ५.१० ॥
One who acts, offering actions to Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.
5.11
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि ।
योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये ॥ ५.११ ॥
With the body, the mind, the intellect, and even with the senses alone, yogis perform action, abandoning attachment, for the purification of the self.
5.12
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।
अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥ ५.१२ ॥
The one who is steadfast, giving up the fruit of action, attains lasting peace; the one who is not steadfast, attached to the fruit and driven by desire, is bound.
5.13
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी ।
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥ ५.१३ ॥
Renouncing all actions with the mind, the self-controlled embodied one dwells happily in the city of nine gates, neither acting nor causing action.
5.14
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः ।
न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ॥ ५.१४ ॥
The Lord does not create agency or actions for the world, nor the link between action and its fruit; it is nature that is at work.
5.15
नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः ।
अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥ ५.१५ ॥
The all-pervading one takes on neither the sin nor the merit of anyone. Knowledge is veiled by ignorance, and by that beings are deluded.
5.16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः ।
तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ॥ ५.१६ ॥
But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, that knowledge, like the sun, illumines the Supreme.
5.17
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः ।
गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥ ५.१७ ॥
Those whose intellect is absorbed in That, whose self is That, who are established in That and hold That as their supreme goal, their impurities washed away by knowledge, go to the state from which there is no return.
5.18
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि ।
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥ ५.१८ ॥
The wise see with an equal eye a brāhmaṇa endowed with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and an outcaste.
5.19
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।
निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥ ५.१९ ॥
Even here, the world of birth is conquered by those whose mind is established in equality. For Brahman is flawless and even; therefore they are established in Brahman.
5.20
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।
स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद्ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ॥ ५.२० ॥
One should not exult on gaining the pleasant, nor be troubled on meeting the unpleasant. Steady in understanding and undeluded, the knower of Brahman is established in Brahman.
5.21
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् ।
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ॥ ५.२१ ॥
One whose self is unattached to external contacts finds the happiness that is within the self. Joined by yoga to Brahman, he enjoys imperishable happiness.
5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते ।
आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ॥ ५.२२ ॥
The pleasures born of contact are only sources of sorrow; they have a beginning and an end, Kaunteya. The wise one does not delight in them.
5.23
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् ।
कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ॥ ५.२३ ॥
One who is able, even here before release from the body, to withstand the surge born of desire and anger is joined in yoga; he is a happy man.
5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः ।
स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ॥ ५.२४ ॥
One whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, and whose light likewise is within—that yogi, having become Brahman, attains the nirvāṇa of Brahman.
5.25
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः ।
छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ॥ ५.२५ ॥
Seers whose sins are destroyed, whose doubts are cut away, who are self-controlled and delight in the welfare of all beings, attain brahma-nirvāṇa.
5.26
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥ ५.२६ ॥
For ascetics free from desire and anger, with mind controlled, who know the Self, brahma-nirvāṇa lies all around them.
5.27
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः ।
प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ॥ ५.२७ ॥
Shutting out external contacts, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, and making even the inward and outward breaths that move within the nostrils,
5.28
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः ।
विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥ ५.२८ ॥
The sage who has mastered senses, mind and intellect, who is intent on liberation, and from whom desire, fear and anger have departed, is truly liberated forever.
5.29
भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥ ५.२९ ॥
Knowing me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds, and the friend of all beings, one attains peace.