Learn·Chapter 5 · Renunciation of action·Verse 3 of 29
Bhagavad Gītā 5.3, word by word
BG 5.3
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति। निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते
jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣhṭi na kāṅkṣhati nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramuchyate
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In English
He is a true ascetic who never desires nor dislikes, who is unaffected by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage.
Translated by Shri Purohit Swami
He should be known as a perpetual Sannyasi who neither hates nor desires; for, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he is easily freed from bondage.
Translated by Swami Sivananda
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