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शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः। संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि।।9.28।।

śhubhāśhubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣhyase karma-bandhanaiḥ sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣhyasi

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 9, Verse 28
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Thus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation, and liberated, you shall come to Me.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: thus, you will be freed from the bonds of action, both good and bad, with the self disciplined by the yoga of renunciation, liberated, you will come to Krishna, tying this daily practice of offering directly to release from the usual weight of both success and failure.

In life: framing your daily efforts as offerings rather than transactions tends to reduce the emotional weight of both your wins and your losses, since neither was ever purely about personal gain in the first place.

Teaching: the next time you're carrying heavy emotional weight from either a recent success or failure, try reframing the underlying effort as an offering rather than a personal transaction, and notice whether the weight actually eases.

śhubha aśhubha phalaiḥfrom good and bad results
evamthus
mokṣhyaseyou shall be freed
karmawork
bandhanaiḥfrom the bondage
sanyāsa-yogarenunciation of selfishness
yukta-ātmāhaving the mind attached to me
vimuktaḥliberated
māmto me
upaiṣhyasiyou shall reach

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
9.28 शुभाशुभफलैः from good and evil fruits? एवम् thus? मोक्ष्यसे (thou) shalt be freed? कर्मबन्धनैः from the bonds of actions? संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation? विमुक्तः liberated? माम् to Me? उपैष्यसि (thou) shalt come.Commentary Evam Thus -- when you thus offer everything to Me.Renunciation of the fruits of all works is Sannyasa. He who is eipped with the mind steadfast in the Yog of renunciation is Sannyasayogayuktatma. The act of offering everything unto the Lord,constitutes the Yoga of renunciation. It is also Yoga as it is an action. With the mind endowed with renunciation and Yoga thou shalt be freed from good and evil results while yet living and thou shalt come unto Me when this body falls.An objector says? Then the Lord has love and hatred as He confers His grace on His devotees only and not on others.The answer is? Not so. The Lord is impartial and is beyond love and hatred. His grace flows towards all. But the devotee recieves it freely as he has opened his heart to the reception of His grace.This is explained in the next verse.