BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:3

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:3

 

jneyah sa nitya-sannyasi

yo na dvesti na kanksati

nirdvandvo hi maha-baho

sukham bandhat pramucyate

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

jneyah--should be known; sah--he; nitya--always; sannyasi--renouncer;

yah--who; na--never; dvesti--abhors; na--nor; kanksati--desires;

nirdvandvah--free from all dualities; hi--certainly; maha-baho--O

mighty-armed one; sukham--happily; bandhat--from bondage;

pramucyate--is completely liberated.

 

TRANSLATION

 

One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is

known to be always renounced. Such a person, free from all dualities,

easily overcomes material bondage and is completely liberated, O

mighty-armed Arjuna.

 

PURPORT

 

One who is fully in Krsna 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 Krsna. He knows fully

well that Krsna is the whole and that he is part and parcel of Krsna.

Such knowledge is perfect because it is qualitatively and

quantitatively correct. The concept of oneness with Krsna 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 or lament over. There is no duality in his mind because

whatever he does, he does for Krsna. Being thus freed from the

platform of dualities, he is liberated--even in this material world.

 

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