Bhagavad Gita · Purushottama YogaChapter 15, Shloka 5 (15.5)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषाः
अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः
द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः
गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्
॥ 15.5 ॥
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣāḥ
adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ
dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñaiḥ
gacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat
Translation
"Those who are free of pride and delusion, who have conquered the fault of attachment, who are ever devoted to the Self, whose desires have fallen away, who are freed from the pairs of opposites called pleasure and pain — those awakened ones reach that imperishable state."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. saṅga eva doṣaḥ saṅgadoṣaḥ — attachment itself is the fault; adhyātmanityāḥ paramātmasvarūpālocananityāḥ.
Acharya Ramanuja. evaṃ māṃ śaraṇam upagamya — having thus taken refuge in me; nirmānamohāḥ — nirgatānātmātmābhimānarūpamohāḥ — free of the delusion of taking the not-Self to be the Self; jitasaṅgadoṣāḥ — jitaguṇamayabhogasaṅgākhyadoṣāḥ.
Shridhara Swami. jitaḥ putrādisaṅgarūpo doṣo yais te — those who have conquered the fault of attachment to children and the like; nivṛttāvidyāḥ santaḥ — freed from ignorance.
Madhusudana Saraswati. A precise definition of each qualifier: jitasaṅgadoṣāḥ priyāpriyasaṃnidhāv api rāgadveṣavarjitāḥ — free of attraction and aversion even in the presence of the pleasant and the unpleasant; adhyātmanityāḥ paramātmasvarūpālocanatatparāḥ; the pairs of opposites = śītoṣṇakṣutpipāsādibhiḥ — cold and heat, hunger and thirst.
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