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Bhagavad Gita

by Poojya Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
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Chapter 5, Verse 26
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Chapter 5: Karma-sannyāsa-yoga: – Yoga of Inner RenunciationVerse 26

कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥

kāma-krodha-viyuktānāṃ
yatīnāṃ yata-cetasām
abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṃ
vartate viditātmanām – 5.26

Those of self-control, whose minds are rid of lust and anger, who have regulated their mind and have realized the Self, for them Brahma-nirvāṇa – the freedom and joy arising from the knowledge of supreme Reality – reigns all around.

Chapter 5: Karma-sannyāsa-yoga: – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 26

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Krishna explains how interactional sādhanā will take one to the zenith of Self-realization, wherein the seeker experiences universal expanse, even while he is active.

As passion and prejudice prey the mind, so the mind can also free itself from their hold. The former is called pravṛtti path, while the latter is the nivṛtti path. By focussing steadily on sublimation of desire-hatred during one’s interactional life, the process grows deeper, and will bestow its crowning glory and fulfilment.

Braahmic redemption encircles one freed from the hold of kāma and krodha. No special yearning or effort will be necessary for this. What a lofty fruition, fulfilment! It links well with Krishna’s description in the 2nd chapter (2.70-71) of the sthita-dhee, one of stable mind, while yet remaining active and interactive.

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