Bhagavad Gita · 5.3
॥
Devanāgarī
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jñeyaḥ sa nitya-saṁnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati |
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramucyate ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
ज्ञेयःjñeyaḥit should be known, know.
सःsaḥthat one.
नित्यसंन्यासीnitya-saṁnyāsīan eternal (nitya) sannyāsī (renunciant).
यःyaḥwho.
न द्वेष्टिna dveṣṭidoes not hate, feels no aversion.
न काङ्क्षतिna kāṅkṣatiand does not [passionately] desire.
निर्द्वन्द्वःnirdvandvaḥfree from duality.
हिhiindeed.
महाबाहोmahā-bāhoO mighty-armed one!
सुखम्sukhameasily.
बन्धात्bandhātfrom bondage [of the material world].
प्रमुच्यतेpramucyatehe is completely liberated.
Translation
“Know, O mighty-armed one, that he who feels neither aversion nor craving is an eternal sannyāsī. Indeed, such a person, free from duality, is easily liberated from material bondage.”
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