BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:19

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 5:19

 

ihaiva tairjitah sargo

yesam samye sthitam manah

nirdosam hi samam brahma

tasmad brahmani te sthitah

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

iha--in this life; eva--certainly; taih--by them; jitah--conquered;

sargah--birth and death; yesam--whose; samye--in equanimity;

sthitam--situated; manah--mind; nirdosam--flawless; hi--certainly;

samam--in equanimity; brahma--like the Supreme; tasmat--therefore;

brahmani--in the Supreme; te--they; sthitah--are situated.

 

TRANSLATION

 

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.

 

PURPORT

 

Equanimity of mind, as mentioned above, is the sign of

self-realization. Those who have actually attained to such a stage

should be considered to have conquered material conditions,

specifically birth and death. As long as one identifies with this

body, he is considered a conditioned soul, but as soon as he is

elevated to the stage of equanimity through realization of self, he is

liberated from conditional life. In other words, he is no longer

subject to take birth in the material world but can enter into the

spiritual sky after his death. The Lord is flawless because He is

without attraction or hatred. Similarly, when a living entity is

without attraction or hatred, he also becomes flawless and eligible to

enter into the spiritual sky. Such persons are to be considered

already liberated, and their symptoms are described below.

 

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