Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥३॥
jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī
yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati
nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho
sukhaṁ bandhāt pramucyate
Word for word (synonyms)
- jñeyaḥ
- should be known
- saḥ
- he
- nitya
- always
- sannyāsī
- renouncer
- yaḥ
- who
- na
- never
- dveṣṭi
- abhors
- na
- nor
- kāṅkṣati
- desires
- nirdvandvaḥ
- free from all dualities
- hi
- certainly
- mahā-bāho
- O mighty-armed one
- sukham
- happily
- bandhāt
- from bondage
- pramucyate
- completely liberated
Translation
One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person, liberated from all dualities, easily overcomes material bondage and is completely liberated, O mighty-armed Arjuna.
Defined in the Gītā
Renunciation
What is real renunciation?
The Supreme Lord said, To give up the results of all activities is called renunciation [tyāga] by the wise. And that state is called the renounced order of life [sannyāsa] by great learned men.
This verse is one of the Gītā’s own answers.
Purport
One who is fully in Kṛṣṇa consciousness is always a renouncer because he feels neither hatred nor desire for the results of his actions. Such a renouncer, dedicated to the transcendental loving service of the Lord, is fully qualified in knowledge because he knows his constitutional position in his relationship with Kṛṣṇa. He knows fully well that Kṛṣṇa is the whole and that he is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa. Such knowledge is perfect because it is qualitatively and quantitatively correct. The concept of oneness with Kṛṣṇa is incorrect because the part cannot be equal to the whole. Knowledge that one is one in quality yet different in quantity is correct transcendental knowledge leading one to become full in himself, having nothing to aspire to nor lament over. There is no duality in his mind because whatever he does, he does for Kṛṣṇa. Being thus freed from the platform of dualities, he is liberated—even in this material world.
What this verse teaches
The study note for this verse is in editorial review.
Śrīla Prabhupāda lectures 1
- Bhagavad-gītā 5.3–7 1966-08-24 · New York
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