Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 29
भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम् ।
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥
bhoktāraṃ yajña-tapasāṃ sarva-loka-maheśvaram
suhṛdaṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntim-ṛcchati – 5.29
Knowing Me as the partaker of all yajñas (sacrifices and austerities), equally the supreme Lord of all the worlds, as well as the friend of all beings, one attains peace and quietude.
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 29
Ma Gurupriya
Like the earlier statements of his (4.9,10), this too assures that a proper knowledge of Krishna, as of his instructions, will purify and elevate one, enabling him to gain the spiritual state like his.
Krishna defined a variety of Yajñas, some of which were addressed to superhuman powers, whose existence is not experiential, and hence doubtful. But sacrifice, as a noble act, has its auspicious effect, no matter to whom it is addressed. Those who are unable to understand it in this light, can have the satisfaction that Krishna is the bhokt¡, partaker, of all yajñas, and feel rewarded. Further, Krishna is also the friend of all.
To know Krishna fully is to imbibe Krishnahood in oneself, deriving all peace and quietude.
Earlier, Krishna had stressed inner delight, inner rejoicing (5.24) – a clear reference to meditative absorption. He wishes to discuss the subject in detail in the next chapter.
