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arjuna uvāca sannyāsaḿ karmaṇāḿ kṛṣṇa punar yogaḿ ca śaḿsasi yac chreya etayor ekaḿ tan me brūhi su-niścitam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.1 Arjuna said: O Krishna, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt karma-yogo viśiṣyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.2 The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in...

jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāńkṣati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaḿ bandhāt pramucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.3 One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always...

sāńkhya-yogau pṛthag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ ekam apy āsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.4 Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the...

yat sāńkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaḿ tad yogair api gamyate ekaḿ sāńkhyaḿ ca yogaḿ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.5 One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be...

sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ yoga-yukto munir brahma na cireṇādhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.6 Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devotional service of the Lord cannot make...

yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.7 One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to...

naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan Translation of Bhagavad...

brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi sańgaḿ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.10 One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is...

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti sańgaḿ tyaktvātma-śuddhaye Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.11 The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses,...