Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.3

ज्ञेय: स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ् क्षति निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते

jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣhṭi na kāṅkṣhati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramuchyate

Recitation · Text 5.3
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Krishna redefines the renunciant: one who neither hates nor craves should be known as always renounced — free of dualities, such a person is released from bondage easily. Renunciation is relocated from what you have given up to what no longer pulls at you.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Renunciation is relocated — from what you have given up, to what no longer pulls at you.