Chapter 5 Verses 5.7–16
Performing Niṣkāma-karma-yoga that frees one from bondage
5.7–12 Characteristics of a Yoga-yukta – never entangled; self controlled; doer not non-doer; works for the Supreme with detachment, seeking purification → attains peace.
5.13–16 Knowledge of the three doers – the soul, the material nature and the Lord; Ignorance bewilders the soul while knowledge enlightens.
- Soul –desires→ Supersoul
- Supersoul –sanctions→ Material nature
- Material nature –fulfills→ Soul
The last step leads back to the first.