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Karma Sanyasa Yoga · The Yoga of Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 5.3

Sanskrit

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति । निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥5.3॥

Transliteration

jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati | nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhātpramucyate ‖5.3‖

Meaning

Know that one to be a perpetual renunciant who neither hates nor desires; free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty- armed one, such a one is easily released from bondage.

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Theme: The Yoga of Renunciation

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