Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.28

स्पर्शान्कृत्वा बहिर्बाह्यांश्चक्षुश्चैवान्तरे भ्रुवो: प्राणापानौ समौ कृत्वा नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायण: विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो य: सदा मुक्त एव स:

sparśhān kṛitvā bahir bāhyānśh chakṣhuśh chaivāntare bhruvoḥ prāṇāpānau samau kṛitvā nāsābhyantara-chāriṇau yatendriya-mano-buddhir munir mokṣha-parāyaṇaḥ vigatechchhā-bhaya-krodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (30 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

With senses, mind and intellect controlled, intent on liberation, and free of desire, fear and anger — such a sage is, Krishna says, already liberated always. The verse ends on a present tense: not will be freed, but is free.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The verse ends in the present tense — not "will be freed", but "is free".