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yuktaḥ karma-phalaḿ tyaktvā śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.12 The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all...

sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaḿ vaśī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.13 When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides...

na kartṛtvaḿ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ na karma-phala-saḿyogaḿ svabhāvas tu pravartate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.14 The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he...

nādatte kasyacit pāpaḿ na caiva sukṛtaḿ vibhuḥ ajñānenāvṛtaḿ jñānaḿ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.15 Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however,...

jñānena tu tad ajñānaḿ yeṣāḿ nāśitam ātmanaḥ teṣām āditya-vaj jñānaḿ prakāśayati tat param Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.16 When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his...

tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiḿ jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.17 When one’s intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then...

vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śuni caiva śva-pāke ca paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.18 The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana,...

ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣāḿ sāmye sthitaḿ manaḥ nirdoṣaḿ hi samaḿ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.19 Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already...

na prahṛṣyet priyaḿ prāpya nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam sthira-buddhir asammūḍho brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.20 A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon...

bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā vindaty ātmani yat sukham sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā sukham akṣayam aśnute Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.21 Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance,...