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कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्। अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।

kāma-krodha-viyuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-chetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 5, Verse 26
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Absolute freedom exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts, and who have realized the Self.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: for ascetics free from desire and anger, with controlled minds, who have realized the Self, liberation in Brahman is near, on both sides of life, again naming desire and anger specifically as the primary obstacles to this state.

In life: most people's biggest recurring struggle really does come down to some version of unmet desire or unexpressed anger, not some more exotic spiritual problem.

Teaching: when examining your own recurring struggles, check first whether they trace back to desire or anger before assuming something more complicated is at play.

kāmadesires
krodhaanger
vimuktānāmof those who are liberated
yatīnāmof the saintly persons
yata-chetasāmthose self-realized persons who have subdued their mind
abhitaḥfrom every side
brahmaspiritual
nirvāṇamliberation from material existence
vartateexists
vidita-ātmanāmof those who are self-realized

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
5.26 कामक्रोधवियुक्तानाम् of those who are free from desire and anger? यतीनाम् of the selfcontrolled ascetics? यतचेतसाम् of those who have controlled their thoughts? अभितः on all sides? ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् absolute freedom? वर्तते exists? विदितात्मनाम् of those who have realised the Self.Commentary Those who renounce all actions and practise Sravana (hearing of the scriptures)? Manana (reflection) and Nididhyasana (meditation)? who are established in Brahman or who are steadily devoted to the knowledge of the Self attain liberation or Moksha instantaneously (Kaivalya Moksha). Karma Yoga leads to Moksha step by step (Krama Mukti). First comes purification of the mind? then knowledge? then renunciation of all actions and eventually Moksha.