Bhagwad Gita - Post 61

Chapter 5 (contd…)

Verse 16      

       

Jnaanena tu tad ajnaanam

Yeshaam naashitam aatmanah;

Teshaam aadityavaj jnaanam

Prakaashayati tatparam.

       

But, to those whose ignorance is destroyed by knowledge of the Self, like the sun, knowledge reveals the Supreme (Brahman).           

               

Verse 17      

       

Tadbuddhayas tadaatmaanas

Tannishthaas tatparaayanaah;

Gacchantyapunaraavrittim

Jnaana nirdhoota kalmashaah.

       

Their intellect absorbed in That, their self being That; established in That, with That as their supreme goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by knowledge.              

               

Verse 18      

       

Vidyaavinaya sampanne

Braahmane gavi hastini;

Shuni chaiva shvapaake

Cha panditaah samadarshinah.

               

Sages look with an equal eye on a Brahmin endowed with learning and humility, on a        cow, on an elephant, and even on a dog and an outcaste.          

               

Verse 19

               

Ihaiva tairjitah sargo yeshaam

Saamye sthitam manah;

Nirdosham hi samam brahma

Tasmaad brahmani te sthitaah.

Even here (in this world) birth (everything) is overcome by those whose minds rest in equality; Brahman is spotless indeed and equal; therefore, they are established in Brahman.               

               

Verse 20     

       

Na prahrishyet priyam praapya

Nodwijet praapya chaapriyam;

Sthirabuddhir asammoodho

Brahmavid brahmani sthitah.

       

Resting in Brahman, with steady intellect, undeluded, the knower of Brahman neither rejoiceth on obtaining what is pleasant nor grieveth on obtaining what is unpleasant.              

               

Verse 21

               

Baahyasparsheshwasaktaatmaa

Vindatyaatmani yat sukham;

Sa brahma yoga yuktaatmaa

Sukham akshayam ashnute.

               

With the self-unattached to the external contacts he discovers happiness in the Self; with the self-engaged in the meditation of Brahman he attains to the endless happiness.       

               

Verse 22     

       

Ye hi samsparshajaa bhogaa

Duhkhayonaya eva te;

Aadyantavantah kaunteya

Na teshu ramate budhah.

               

The enjoyments that are born of contacts are generators of pain only, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna! The wise do not rejoice in them.             

               

Verse 23     

       

Shaknoteehaiva yah sodhum

Praak shareera vimokshanaat;

Kaamakrodhodbhavam vegam

Sa yuktah sa sukhee narah.

       

He who is able, while still here in this world to withstand, before the liberation from the body, the impulse born of desire and anger—he is a Yogi, he is a happy man.             

               

Verse 24

               

Yo’ntah sukho’ntaraaraamas

Tathaantarjyotir eva yah;

Sa yogee brahma nirvaanam Brahmabhooto’dhigacchati.

       

He who is ever happy within, who rejoices within, who is illumined within, such a Yogi attains absolute freedom or Moksha, himself becoming Brahman.           

               

Verse 25

               

Labhante brahma nirvaanam

Rishayah ksheenakalmashaah;

Cchinnadwaidhaa yataatmaanah

Sarvabhootahite rataah.

The sages obtain absolute freedom or Moksha—they whose sins have been destroyed, whose dualities (perception of dualities or experience of the pairs of opposites) are torn asunder, who are self-controlled, and intent on the welfare of all beings.        

               

Verse 26

               

Kaamakrodhaviyuktaanaam

Yateenaam yatachetasaam;

Abhito brahma nirvaanam

Vartate viditaatmanaam.

       

Absolute freedom (or Brahmic bliss) exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts and who have realised the Self.          

               

Verse 27

               

Sparsaan kritwaa bahir

Baahyaamschakshus chaivaantare bhruvoh;

Praanaapaanau samau kritwaa

Naasaabhyantara chaarinau.

Shutting out (all) external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, equalizing the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils,              

               

Verse 28

               

Yatendriya manobuddhir

Munir mokshaparaayanah;

Vigatecchaabhaya krodho

Yah sadaa mukta eva sah.

               

With the senses, the mind and the intellect always controlled, having liberation as his supreme goal, free from desire, fear and anger—the sage is verily liberated forever.             

               

Verse 29

               

Bhoktaaram yajnatapasaam

Sarvaloka maheshwaram;

Suhridam sarvabhootaanaam

Jnaatwaa maam shaantim ricchati.

       

He who knows Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds and the friend of all beings, attains to peace.            

               

Hari Om Tat Sat          

               

Iti Srimad Bhagavadgeetaasoopanishatsu Brahmavidyaayaam Yogashaastre

Sri Krishnaarjunasamvaade

Karmasanyaasayogo Naama Panchamo’dhyaayah

Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita, the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna ends the fifth discourse.

Love.