Bhagavad Gita · Karma Sannyasa YogaChapter 5, Shloka 3 (5.3)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात् प्रमुच्यते
॥ 5.3 ॥
jñeyaḥ sa nityasannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhāt pramucyate
Translation
"O mighty-armed one! Know as a constant renunciate the one who neither hates nor desires; for one beyond the pairs of opposites is easily freed from bondage."
Interpretation
A new definition of renunciation. Neither hatred nor craving — this is "constant" (everlasting) renunciation. Not robes, an ashram or outward giving up; giving up within.
Shankaracharya: jñeyaḥ … sa karma-yogī nitya-saṃnyāsī iti yo na dveṣṭi kiñcin na kāṅkṣati duḥkha-sukhe tat-sādhane ca — that karma yogi is to be known as a constant renunciate who neither hates nor desires pain and pleasure or the means to them. Karmaṇi vartamāno 'pi sa nitya-saṃnyāsī. Sukhaṃ … anāyāsena pramucyate — freed without effort.
Acharya Ramanuja: yaḥ karma-yogī tad-antargatātmānubhava-tṛptaḥ — the karma yogi who is content with the experience of the self within action, and so desires nothing, hates nothing, endures the opposites — he is nitya-saṃnyāsī nitya-jñāna-niṣṭha — constantly established in knowledge. Sa hi sukara-karma-yoga-niṣṭhatayā sukhaṃ bandhāt pramucyate — being established in easy karma yoga, he is happily freed.
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