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ye hi saḿsparśa-jā bhogā duḥkha-yonaya eva te ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.22 An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with...

śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuḿ prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt kāma-krodhodbhavaḿ vegaḿ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.23 Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material...

yo ’ntaḥ-sukho ’ntar-ārāmas tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaḿ brahma-bhūto ’dhigacchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.24 One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within, and whose aim is...

labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.25 Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged...

kāma-krodha-vimuktānāḿ yatīnāḿ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaḿ vartate viditātmanām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.26 Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and...

sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāḿś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ Translation of Bhagavad...

bhoktāraḿ yajña-tapasāḿ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaḿ sarva-bhūtānāḿ jñātvā māḿ śāntim ṛcchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.29 A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca anāśritaḥ karma-phalaḿ kāryaḿ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.1 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits...

yaḿ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaḿ taḿ viddhi pāṇḍava na hy asannyasta-sańkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.2 What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with...

ārurukṣor muner yogaḿ karma kāraṇam ucyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.3 For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is...