# Bhagavad Gita 5.3

**Canonical reference:** `gita.5.3`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥

## IAST

jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhātpramucyate

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

He should be understood to be always an ascetic who has no aversion and no desire. For O you of mighty arms! he who is free from the pairs of opposites is easily released from (all) bonds.

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