5. Renunciation

Karm Sanyās Yog

BG 5.7

One who unites with righteous action, acting with a pure intellect and control of the mind and senses seeing the same soul in all living beings, is capable of acting while remaining detached.

योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः
सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते

  • yoga-yukto — united with righteous action (Yoga)

    • yoga — Yoga, devoted action

    • yukto — united with

  • viśhuddhātmā — purified intellect
    viśhuddha-ātmā—one with purified intellect

  • vijitātmā — conquered the mind
    vijita-ātmā—one who has conquered the mind

  • jitendriyaḥ — conquered the senses
    jita-indriyaḥ—having conquered the senses

  • sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā — one who sees the self in all beings
    The repetition of bhūtātma is a beautiful Sanskrit literary device for both literally and figuratively representing the concept "all self in being, (is the) self in being"

    • sarva — all

    • bhūtātma — self in being

    • bhūtātmā — self in being

  • kurvann — performing

  • api — although

  • na — never

  • lipyate — entangled

...5.1

Krishna said: Renunciation of actions and righteous action both lead to salvation. However, of the two, right actions are superior to renounced actions.

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One who is free from hatred and from all dualities is a person of renunciation, and is certainly freed from bondage.

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The ignorant proclaim the path of renunciation to be different from that of righteous action. The learned know that one who has become situated in even one of the two, achieves the result of both.

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That which is attained through spiritual wisdom is also attained by working with devotion. The wise see them both as the same.

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However, without right action, it is difficult to attain renunciation. The sage who is a master of righteous action quickly attains divine consciousness.

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One who unites with righteous action, acting with a pure intellect and control of the mind and senses seeing the same soul in all living beings, is capable of acting while remaining detached.

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Though the saint sees, hears, touches, smells, eats, moves, sleeps, and breathes, they know the truth and know that they are not the one who acts.

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Though they talk, give, receive, open their eyes, and shut them, they know the senses are merely operating on the objects of perception.

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Chapter 5, Verse 7