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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Arjuna asks whether renunciation or disciplined action is the better path. Krishna shows how acting without possession, ego, or attachment can bring the freedom often associated with withdrawal.
Chapter 5 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
29 verses
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BG 5.1
अर्जुन उवाच | संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि | यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ||५-१||
Arjuna asked: Krishna, you praise renouncing actions and also praise yoga. Tell me with certainty which of these is better.
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BG 5.2
श्रीभगवानुवाच | संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ | तयोस्तु कर्मसंन्यासात्कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ||५-२||
The Lord said: Renunciation and disciplined action both lead to the highest good. Of the two, disciplined action is better than renouncing action.
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BG 5.3
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति | निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ||५-३||
One who neither hates nor desires should be understood as a constant renouncer. Free from opposites, mighty-armed one, such a person is easily released from bondage.
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BG 5.4
साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः | एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ||५-४||
The immature, not the wise, speak of discernment and yoga as separate. Anyone firmly established in either gains the fruit of both.
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BG 5.5
यत्साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते | एकं साङ्ख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ||५-५||
The state reached through discernment is also reached through yoga. One who sees discernment and yoga as one truly sees.
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BG 5.6
संन्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः | योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ||५-६||
Renunciation is difficult to attain without yoga, mighty-armed one. A sage disciplined in yoga reaches Brahman before long.
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BG 5.7
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः | सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ||५-७||
One disciplined in yoga, purified, self-governed, and master of the senses, whose self is the self of all beings, is not stained even while acting.
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BG 5.8
नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् | पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् ||५-८||
The disciplined knower of truth understands, 'I do nothing at all,' while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, breathing, and sleeping—
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BG 5.9
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि | इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ||५-९||
While speaking, releasing, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, holding to the understanding, 'The senses are moving among their objects.'
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BG 5.10
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः | लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ||५-१०||
One who places actions in Brahman and acts without attachment is untouched by wrongdoing, as a lotus leaf is untouched by water.
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BG 5.11
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि | योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये ||५-११||
Practitioners of yoga act with body, mind, understanding, and even the senses alone, abandoning attachment for the purification of the self.
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BG 5.12
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् | अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ||५-१२||
The disciplined person gives up action's fruit and attains lasting peace. The undisciplined person, driven by desire and attached to the fruit, becomes bound.
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BG 5.13
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी | नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ||५-१३||
Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-governed embodied one rests happily in the city of nine gates, neither acting nor causing action.
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BG 5.14
न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः | न कर्मफलसंयोगं स्वभावस्तु प्रवर्तते ||५-१४||
The lord does not create people's sense of agency, their actions, or their connection with action's fruits. Rather, inherent nature operates.
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BG 5.15
नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः | अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ||५-१५||
The all-pervading one takes on no one's wrongdoing or good deeds. Knowledge is covered by ignorance, and through this beings are confused.
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BG 5.16
ज्ञानेन तु तदज्ञानं येषां नाशितमात्मनः | तेषामादित्यवज्ज्ञानं प्रकाशयति तत्परम् ||५-१६||
But for those whose ignorance has been destroyed by knowledge of the self, that knowledge illuminates the highest like the sun.
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BG 5.17
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः | गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ||५-१७||
With their understanding directed to that, their selves centered in that, firmly established in that, and taking that as their final refuge, they reach the state of no return, their faults washed away by knowledge.
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BG 5.18
विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि | शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ||५-१८||
The wise see equally a brahmin endowed with learning and humility, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a person regarded as an outcaste who cooks dog meat.
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BG 5.19
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः | निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद् ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ||५-१९||
Those whose minds rest in equality have overcome rebirth here itself. Brahman is equal and faultless; therefore they are established in Brahman.
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BG 5.20
न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् | स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ||५-२०||
Knowing Brahman and established in Brahman, with steady understanding and without confusion, one neither exults on receiving the pleasant nor recoils on receiving the unpleasant.
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BG 5.21
बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् | स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ||५-२१||
Unattached to external contacts, one finds happiness in the self. Joined through yoga with Brahman, one experiences happiness that does not diminish.
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BG 5.22
ये हि संस्पर्शजा भोगा दुःखयोनय एव ते | आद्यन्तवन्तः कौन्तेय न तेषु रमते बुधः ||५-२२||
For pleasures born of contact are nothing but sources of suffering; they have a beginning and an end, Kunti's son. A discerning person does not delight in them.
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BG 5.23
शक्नोतीहैव यः सोढुं प्राक्शरीरविमोक्षणात् | कामक्रोधोद्भवं वेगं स युक्तः स सुखी नरः ||५-२३||
One who can withstand the force arising from desire and anger here, before leaving the body, is disciplined and happy.
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BG 5.24
योऽन्तःसुखोऽन्तरारामस्तथान्तर्ज्योतिरेव यः | स योगी ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं ब्रह्मभूतोऽधिगच्छति ||५-२४||
One whose happiness, delight, and light are within is a yogi who, becoming Brahman, attains liberation in Brahman.
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BG 5.25
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः | छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ||५-२५||
Sages whose faults have worn away, whose doubts are cut through, who govern themselves and delight in the welfare of all beings attain liberation in Brahman.
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BG 5.26
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् | अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ||५-२६||
Liberation in Brahman lies close on every side for disciplined seekers who are free from desire and anger, govern their minds, and know the self.
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BG 5.27
स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवोः | प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ ||५-२७||
Keeping external contacts outside, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, and balancing the incoming and outgoing breaths moving within the nostrils—
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BG 5.28
यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः | विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ||५-२८||
The sage who governs senses, mind, and understanding, makes liberation the goal, and is free from desire, fear, and anger is always liberated.
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BG 5.29
भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् | सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ||५-२९||
Knowing me as the recipient of sacrifices and austerities, the great lord of all worlds, and the friend of all beings, one reaches peace.