Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 7
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रिय: ।
सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥
yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriya:
sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann-api na lipyate – 5.7
Integrated with Yoga, with heart purified, body, mind and senses under control, seeing his Self as the Self of all, he who does his activity, is not tainted thereby.
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 7
Ma Gurupriya
Sannyāsa and Karma-yoga having the same inner effect, Krishna equates them and shows both paths have the same spiritual status. Effect of Karma-yoga is primarily in the mind, of sannyāsa also it is the same. Their actual outcome takes one to the mind level, to find both bring about the same purity and elevation.
Krishna points that by Yoga the whole personality is integrated. Intelligence, mind and senses work in full harmony. Intelligence enriches and sublimates the mind with knowledge. Mind so enriched employs senses with moderation and refinement, leading to wholesome attunement in the seeker’s personality.
The heart imbibes purity. Adequate control and moderation result. The yogi realizes the Self, distinct from the body. Permeating everywhere, he experiences the Self in all alike. Egocentricity vanishes; with that, bondage also. Is this not virtually true renunciation?
