karmasaṃnyāsayoga
atha paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ
śloka 1
arjuna uvāca |
saṃnyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi |
yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam ||5-1||
Translation
Arjuna said: O Krishna! You praise the renunciation of actions and then the Yoga of performing actions. Tell me which of these two is definitely more beneficial for me.
śloka 2
śrībhagavānuvāca |
saṃnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau |
tayostu karmasaṃnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate ||5-2||
Translation
Shri Bhagavan said: Both renunciation of action and Karma Yoga lead to supreme welfare; but of the two, Karma Yoga is superior to renunciation of action.
śloka 3
jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati |
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhātpramucyate ||5-3||
Translation
He who neither hates nor desires anyone is to be considered a true renunciant; for, O mighty-armed one! the man free from the pairs of opposites is easily liberated from bondage.
śloka 4
sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ |
ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam ||5-4||
Translation
The childish, those of immature understanding, regard Sankhya and Yoga as different; but he who is properly established in either one attains the fruit of both.
śloka 5
yatsāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṃ tadyogairapi gamyate |
ekaṃ sāṅkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati ||5-5||
Translation
The goal attained by the wise is the same attained by those who practice Karma Yoga. Therefore he who sees Sankhya and Yoga as one in their fruit truly sees.
śloka 7
yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ |
sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate ||5-7||
Translation
He who is united with Yoga, of pure heart, who has mastered his body, conquered the senses, and experiences oneness with the Atman dwelling in all beings—he is not tainted though performing actions.
śloka 8 and 9
naiva kiñcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit |
paśyañśṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnangacchansvapañśvasan ||5-8||
pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannunmiṣannimiṣannapi |
indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan ||5-9||
Translation
The man of true knowledge thinks (knows): "I do nothing at all." Seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping, breathing, speaking, relinquishing, grasping, opening and closing the eyes—he knows with certainty that all the senses move among their respective objects.
śloka 17
tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ |
gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ ||5-17||
Translation
Those whose intellect is fixed in Him, whose mind is absorbed in Him, whose devotion is in Him alone, and for whom Brahman is the supreme goal—such men, freed from sin by knowledge, attain non-return; that is, they are not born again.
śloka 19
ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitaṃ manaḥ |
nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ ||5-19||
Translation
By those whose mind is established in equanimity, this creation is conquered here itself; because Brahman is flawless and equal, therefore they abide in Brahman alone.
śloka 20
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam |
sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ ||5-20||
Translation
The man of steady intellect, free from delusion, who knows Brahman and is established in Brahman—he is neither elated on obtaining the pleasant nor disturbed on obtaining the unpleasant.
śloka 21
bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham |
sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute ||5-21||
Translation
The man whose inner being is free from attachment to external objects finds happiness in the Self alone; the man whose mind is absorbed in meditation on Brahman attains imperishable bliss.
śloka 22
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te |
ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ ||5-22||
Translation
O Kaunteya! The pleasures that arise from the contact of senses with their objects are sources of sorrow alone, for they have beginning and end. The wise man does not delight in them.
śloka 24
yo'ntaḥsukho'ntarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ |
sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto'dhigacchati ||5-24||
Translation
He who finds happiness within, who finds repose within, and whose light is within—he, the Yogi, becomes Brahman and attains Brahmanirvana, that is, supreme liberation.
śloka 27 and 28
sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ |
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau ||5-27||
yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ |
vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ ||5-28||
Translation
Keeping external objects outside, fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, and balancing the prana and apana breaths that move in the nostrils—the sage devoted to liberation whose senses, mind and intellect are restrained, who is free from desire, fear and anger—he is ever free.
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