Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 – Karma Sanyasa Yoga
True renunciation through action — the path of detachment.
29 verses
All verses of this chapter
- 5.1 – अर्जुन उवाच – Arjuna said: O Krishna, You praise the renunciation of actions and then again Yoga.
- 5.2 – श्रीभगवानुवाच – The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation and Karma Yoga both lead to the supreme good; but of the two, Karma Yoga…
- 5.3 – ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो – O mighty-armed, he who neither hates nor desires is to be known as a perpetual renunciate; for, free from…
- 5.4 – साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न – Only the childish, not the wise, speak of Sankhya and Yoga as distinct; one who is properly established even…
- 5.5 – यत्साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि – The state reached by the Sankhyas is reached also by the Yogis.
- 5.6 – संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः – But renunciation, O mighty-armed, is hard to attain without Yoga; the sage steadfast in Yoga reaches Brahman…
- 5.7 – योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः – One who is steadfast in Yoga, pure in mind, master of himself and of the senses, and whose self has become…
- 5.8 – नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत – The steadfast knower of truth would think, ‘I do nothing at all,’ even while seeing, hearing, touching…
- 5.9 – प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि – Even while speaking, releasing, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, he holds firmly that ‘the senses are…
- 5.10 – ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा – One who performs actions, dedicating them to Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, just…
- 5.11 – कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि – The Yogis, abandoning attachment, perform action with the body, mind, intellect and even the mere senses…
- 5.12 – युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति – The steadfast one, renouncing the fruit of action, attains abiding peace; the unsteadfast one, impelled by…
- 5.13 – सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं – The self-controlled embodied one, mentally renouncing all actions, abides happily in the city of nine gates…
- 5.14 – न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि – The Lord does not create for the world either doership, or actions, or the union with the fruit of action…
- 5.15 – नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव – The all-pervading Lord does not take on anyone's sin or merit; knowledge is veiled by ignorance, and so…
- 5.16 – ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां – But for those whose ignorance concerning the Self is destroyed by knowledge, that knowledge, like the sun…
- 5.17 – तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः – Those whose intellect is fixed on That, whose self is That, who are devoted to That and have That as their…
- 5.18 – विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि – The wise see with an equal eye a brahmin endowed with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog and…
- 5.19 – इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां – Those whose minds rest in equanimity have conquered creation right here; for Brahman is flawless and even…
- 5.20 – न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य – One who does not rejoice on getting the pleasant nor is agitated on getting the unpleasant — steady in…
- 5.21 – बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् – One whose mind is unattached to external contacts finds happiness in the Self; he, with mind united with…
- 5.22 – ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा – The enjoyments born of contact are indeed sources of suffering, O son of Kunti, having a beginning and an…
- 5.23 – शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् – One who is able, right here before release from the body, to withstand the surge arising from desire and…
- 5.24 – योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः – The Yogi whose happiness is within, whose delight is within, and whose light is within, becomes Brahman and…
- 5.25 – लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः – The seers whose sins are destroyed, whose doubts are cut asunder, whose minds are controlled and who delight…
- 5.26 – कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् – For the ascetics who are free from desire and anger, whose minds are controlled and who have known the Self…
- 5.27 – स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः – Shutting out external contacts, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, and making the prana and apana breaths…
- 5.28 – यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः – The sage who has controlled his senses, mind and intellect, who has liberation as his supreme goal and is…
- 5.29 – भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् – Knowing Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all worlds and the friend of all…