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Chapter V29 verses

अथ पंचमोऽध्यायः

संन्यासयोगः

The Yoga of the Renunciation of Action

Saṁnyāsa-yoga

Renounce not the work but the one who claims it, and the Nirvana you sought beyond the world will be found all around you in the world. — The Delight of Krishna

The soul enters in
divyaṃ janma karma — the divine birth and the divine works, known in their truth
and is led towards
brahmanirvāṇa — the ego extinguished in the Brahman, and the Brahman found all about the soul
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Summary of chapter 5

Renunciation and Yoga of Works - The Gita. after speaking of the perfect equality of the Brahman-knower who has risen into the Brahman-consciousness. develops in the last nine verses of this chapter its idea of Brahmayoga and of Nirvana in the Brahman.

Chapter 5 illustration, titled संन्यासयोगः
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Chapter outline

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  1. 5·1–7Oneness of Karma Yoga and Renunciation of Karma.
  2. 5·8–16Spiritual awareness and freedom in active life.
  3. 5·17–29Equality of spiritual vision, oneness with the Divine and Yogic attitudes in practical life.
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The verses

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Arjuna uvācaअर्जुन उवाच

  1. 5·1संन्न्यासंकर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि । यच्छ्रेय एतयोरेकं तन्मे ब्रूहि सुनिश्चितम् ॥ १ ॥saṁnyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṁ ca śaṁsasi, yacchreya etayorekaṁ tanme brūhi suniścitam.Thou declarest to me the renunciation of works, O Krishna, and again thou declarest to me Yoga…

Śrī Bhagavān uvācaश्रीभगवानुवाच

  1. 5·2संन्यासः कर्मयोगश्च निःश्रेयसकरावुभौ । तयोस्तु कर्मसन्न्यासात् कर्मयोगो विशिष्यते ॥ २ ॥saṁnyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau, tayostu karmasaṁnyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate.Renunciation and Yoga of works both bring about the soul’s salvation, but of the two the Yoga of works is…
  2. 5·3, a key verseज्ञेयः स नित्य संन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति । निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṁnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati, nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṁ bandhātpramucyate.He should be known as always a Sannyasin (even when he is doing action) who neither dislikes nor desires…
  3. 5·4साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः । एकमप्यास्थितः सम्यगुभयोर्विन्दते फलम् ॥ ४ ॥sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ, ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam.Children speak of Sankhya and Yoga apart from each other, not the wise…
  4. 5·5यत्साङ्ख्यैः प्राप्यते स्थानं तद्योगैरपि गम्यते । एकं सांख्यं च योगं च यः पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ ५ ॥yatsāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tadyogairapi gamyate, ekaṁ sāṅkhyaṁ ca yogaṁ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati.The status which is attained by the Sankhya, to that the men of the Yoga also arrive…
  5. 5·6संन्न्यासस्तु महाबाहो दुःखमाप्तुमयोगतः । योगयुक्तो मुनिर्ब्रह्म नचिरेणाधिगच्छति ॥ ६ ॥saṁnyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ, yogayukto munirbrahma nacireṇādhigacchati.But renunciation, O mighty-armed, is difficult to attain without Yoga…
  6. 5·7योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥ ७ ॥yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ, sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate.He who is in Yoga, the pure soul, master of his self, who has conquered the senses, whose self becomes the…
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End of the chapter

ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतासूपनिषत्सुब्रह्मविद्यायां योगशास्त्रे श्रीकृष्णार्जुनसंवादेसंन्यासयोगो नाम पञ्चमोऽध्यायः ॥ ५॥

om tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṁ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṁvādesaṁnyāsayogo nāma pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ

Thus, in the Upanishad sung by the Lord, the science of Brahman, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, ends the fifth chapter entitled “The Yoga of Renunciation of Action”

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