Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 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
Ma Gurupriya
Krishna explains how interactional s¡dhan¡ 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 prav¤tti path, while the latter is the niv¤tti 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.
