» Bhagavad Gita 5.1

arjuna uvaca

sannyasam karmanam krishna

punar yogam ca samsasi

yac chreya etayor ekam

tan me bruhi su-niscitam

"Arjuna said: O Krishna, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kindly tell me definitely which of the two is more beneficial?"

» Bhagavad Gita 5.2

sri-bhagavan uvaca

sannyasah karma-yogas ca

nihsreyasa-karav ubhau

tayos tu karma-sannyasat

karma-yogo visisyate

"The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of the two, work in devotional service is better than renunciation of work."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.3

jneyah sa nitya-sannyasi

yo na dvesti na kanksati

nirdvandvo hi maha-baho

sukham bandhat pramucyate

"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."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.4

sankhya-yogau prithag balah

pravadanti na panditah

ekam apy asthitah samyag

ubhayor vindate phalam

"Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the analytical study of the material world [Sankhya]. Those who are actually learned say that he who applies himself well to one of these paths achieves the results of both."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.5

yat sankhyaih prapyate sthanam

tad yogair api gamyate

ekam sankhyam ca yogam ca

yah pasyati sa pasyati

"One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees analytical study and devotional service to be on the same level, sees things as they are."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.6

sannyasas tu maha-baho

duhkham aptum ayogatah

yoga-yukto munir brahma

na cirenadhigacchati

"Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devotional service of the Lord cannot make one happy. But a thoughtful person engaged in devotional service can achieve the Supreme without delay."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.7

yoga-yukto vishuddhatma

vijitatma jitendriyah

sarva-bhutatma-bhutatma

kurvann api na lipyate

"One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, such a man is never entangled."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.8-9

naiva kincit karomiti

yukto manyeta tattva-vit

pasyan shrinvan sprsan jighrann

asnan gacchan svapan svasan

pralapan visrjan grhnann

unmisan nimisann api

indriyanindriyarthesu

vartanta iti dharayan

"A person in the divine consciousness, although engaged in seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving about, sleeping and breathing, always knows within himself that he actually does nothing at all. Because while speaking, evacuating, receiving, or opening or closing his eyes, he always knows that only the material senses are engaged with their objects and that he is aloof from them."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.10

brahmany adhaya karmani

sangam tyaktva karoti yah

lipyate na sa papena

padma-patram ivambhasa

"One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untouched by water."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.11

kayena manasa buddhya

kevalair indriyair api

yoginah karma kurvanti

sangam tyaktvatma-shuddhaye

"The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.12

yuktah karma-phalam tyaktva

shantim apnoti naisthikim

ayuktah kama-karena

phale sakto nibadhyate

"The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.13

sarva-karmani manasa

sannyasyaste sukham vasi

nava-dvare pure dehi

naiva kurvan na karayan

"When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.14

na kartrtvam na karmani

lokasya srjati prabhuh

na karma-phala-samyogam

svabhavas tu pravartate

"The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of action. All this is enacted by the modes of material nature."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.15

nadatte kasyacit papam

na caiva sukritam vibhuh

ajnanenavrtam jnanam

tena muhyanti jantavah

"Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.16

jnanena tu tad ajnanam

yesham nasitam atmanah

tesham aditya-vaj jnanam

prakasayati tat param

"When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up everything in the daytime."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.17

tad-buddhayas tad-atmanas

tan-nisthas tat-parayanah

gacchanty apunar-avrttim

jnana-nirdhuta-kalmasah

"When one’s intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through complete knowledge and thus proceeds straight on the path of liberation."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.18

vidya-vinaya-sampanne

brahmane gavi hastini

suni caiva sva-pake ca

panditah sama-darsinah

The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].

» Bhagavad Gita 5.19

ihaiva tair jitah sargo

yesham samye sthitam manah

nirdosam hi samam brahma

tasmad brahmani te sthitah

"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."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.20

na prahrsyet priyam prapya

nodvijet prapya capriyam

sthira-buddhir asammudho

brahma-vid brahmani sthitah

"A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who is unbewildered, and who knows the science of God, is already situated in transcendence."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.21

bahya-sparsesv asaktatma

vindaty atmani yat sukham

sa brahma-yoga-yuktatma

sukham akshayam asnute

"Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized person enjoys unlimited happiness, for he concentrates on the Supreme."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.22

ye hi samsparsha-ja bhoga

duhkha-yonaya eva te

ady-antavantah kaunteya

na tesu ramate budhah

"An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a beginning and an end, and so the wise man does not delight in them."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.23

saknotihaiva yah sodhum

prak sarira-vimokshanat

kama-krodhodbhavam vegam

sa yuktah sa sukhi narah

"Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he is well situated and is happy in this world."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.24

yo ’ntah-sukho ’ntar-aramas

tathantar-jyotir eva yah

sa yogi brahma-nirvanam

brahma-bhuto ’dhigacchati

"One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within, and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated in the Supreme, and ultimately he attains the Supreme."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.25

labhante brahma-nirvanam

rsayah ksina-kalmasah

chinna-dvaidha yatatmanah

sarva-bhuta-hite ratah

"Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of all living beings, and who are free from all sins achieve liberation in the Supreme."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.26

kama-krodha-vimuktanam

yatinam yata-cetasam

abhito brahma-nirvanam

vartate viditatmanam

"Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of liberation in the Supreme in the very near future."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.27-28

sparshan kritva bahir bahyams

caksus caivantare bhruvoh

pranapanau samau kritva

nasabhyantara-carinau

yatendriya-mano-buddhir

munir moksha-parayanah

vigateccha-bhaya-krodho

yah sada mukta eva sah

"Shutting out all external sense objects, keeping the eyes and vision concentrated between the two eyebrows, suspending the inward and outward breaths within the nostrils, and thus controlling the mind, senses and intelligence, the transcendentalist aiming at liberation becomes free from desire, fear and anger. One who is always in this state is certainly liberated."

» Bhagavad Gita 5.29

bhoktaram yajna-tapasam

sarva-loka-maheshvaram

suhridam sarva-bhutanam

jnatva mam shantim rcchati

"A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all planets and demigods, and the benefactor and well-wisher of all living entities, attains peace from the pangs of material miseries."