Chapter 5, Verse 1.
Arjuna
said: O Krsna, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again
You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me
definitely which of the two is more beneficial?
Chapter 5, Verse 2.
The
Blessed Lord said: The renunciation of work and work in devotion are
both good for liberation. But, of the two, work in devotional service is
better than renunciation of works.
Chapter 5, Verse 3.
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.
Chapter 5, Verse 4.
Only
the ignorant speak of karma-yoga and devotional service as being
different from the analytical study of the material world [sankhya].
Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to
one of these paths achieves the results of both.
Chapter 5, Verse 5.
One
who knows that the position reached by means of renunciation can also
be attained by works in devotional service and who therefore sees that
the path of works and the path of renunciation are one, sees things as
they are.
Chapter 5, Verse 6.
Unless
one is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, mere renunciation
of activities cannot make one happy. The sages, purified by works of
devotion, achieve the Supreme without delay.
Chapter 5, Verse 7.
One
who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind
and senses, is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though
always working, such a man is never entangled.
Chapter 5, Verse 8-9.
A
person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing,
hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and
breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at
all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, opening or closing
his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with
their objects and that he is aloof from them.
Chapter 5, Verse 10.
One
who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto
the Supreme God, is not affected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is
untouched by water.
Chapter 5, Verse 11.
The
yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence, and
even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification.
Chapter 5, Verse 12.
The
steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the
result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union
with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes
entangled.
Chapter 5, Verse 13.
When
the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces
all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material
body], neither working nor causing work to be done.
Chapter 5, Verse 14.
The
embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create
activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the
fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature.
Chapter 5, Verse 15.
Nor
does the Supreme Spirit assume anyone's sinful or pious activities.
Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which
covers their real knowledge.
Chapter 5, Verse 16.
When,
however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is
destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up
everything in the daytime.
Chapter 5, Verse 17.
When
one's intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the
Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete
knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation.
Chapter 5, Verse 18.
The
humble sage, by virtue of true knowledge, sees with equal vision a
learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater
[outcaste].
Chapter 5, Verse 19.
Those
whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already
conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like
Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman.
Chapter 5, Verse 20.
A
person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor
laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent,
unbewildered, and who knows the science of God, is to be understood as
already situated in Transcendence.
Chapter 5, Verse 21.
Such
a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure or
external objects but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within.
In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he
concentrates on the Supreme.
Chapter 5, Verse 22.
An
intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which
are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such
pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not
delight in them.
Chapter 5, Verse 23.
Before
giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of
the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is a
yogi and is happy in this world.
Chapter 5, Verse 24.
One
whose happiness is within, who is active within, who rejoices within
and is illumined within, is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated
in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme.
Chapter 5, Verse 25.
One
who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is
always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, and who is
free from all sins, achieves liberation in the Supreme.
Chapter 5, Verse 26.
Those
who are free from anger and all material desires, who are
self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for
perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near
future.
Chapter 5, Verse 27-28.
Shutting
out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision
concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward
breaths within the nostrils--thus controlling the mind, senses and
intelligence, the transcendentalist becomes free from desire, fear and
anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated.
Chapter 5, Verse 29.
The
sages, knowing Me as the ultimate purpose of all sacrifices and
austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods and the
benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attain peace from the
pangs of material miseries.
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