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labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.25 Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged...

kāma-krodha-vimuktānāḿ yatīnāḿ yata-cetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaḿ vartate viditātmanām Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.26 Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and...

sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāḿś cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ Translation of Bhagavad...

bhoktāraḿ yajña-tapasāḿ sarva-loka-maheśvaram suhṛdaḿ sarva-bhūtānāḿ jñātvā māḿ śāntim ṛcchati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 5.29 A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all...

śrī-bhagavān uvāca anāśritaḥ karma-phalaḿ kāryaḿ karma karoti yaḥ sa sannyāsī ca yogī ca na niragnir na cākriyaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.1 The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: One who is unattached to the fruits...

yaḿ sannyāsam iti prāhur yogaḿ taḿ viddhi pāṇḍava na hy asannyasta-sańkalpo yogī bhavati kaścana Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.2 What is called renunciation you should know to be the same as yoga, or linking oneself with...

ārurukṣor muner yogaṁ karma kāraṇam ucyate yogārūḍhasya tasyaiva śamaḥ kāraṇam ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.3 For one who is a neophyte in the eightfold yoga system, work is said to be the means; and for one who is...

yadā hi nendriyārtheṣu na karmasv anuṣajjate sarva-sańkalpa-sannyāsī yogārūḍhas tadocyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.4 A person is said to be elevated in yoga when, having renounced all material desires, he neither acts...

uddhared ātmanātmānaḿ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.5 One must deliver himself with the help of his mind, and not degrade himself. The mind is the friend of...

bandhur ātmātmanas tasya yenātmaivātmanā jitaḥ anātmanas tu śatrutve vartetātmaiva śatru-vat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 6.6 For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do...