Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

5.28

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Sanskrit · Devanagari

यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिर्मुनिर्मोक्षपरायणः। विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधो यः सदा मुक्त एव सः ॥

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yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882
who restrains senses mind and understanding whose highest goal is final emancipation from whom desire fear

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Commentary · Sanskrit

Śaṅkarācārya

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।।5.27 5.28।। स्पर्शान् शब्दादीन् कृत्वा बहिः बाह्यान् श्रोत्रादिद्वारेण अन्तः बुद्धौ प्रवेशिताः शब्दादयः विषयाः तान् अचिन्तयतः शब्दादयो बाह्या बहिरेव कृताः भवन्ति तान् एवं बहिः कृत्वा चक्षुश्चैव अन्तरे भ्रुवोः कृत्वा इति अनुषज्यते। तथा प्राणापानौ नासाभ्यन्तरचारिणौ समौ कृत्वा यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिः यतानि संयतानि इन्द्रियाणि मनः बुद्धिश्च यस्य सः यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिः मननात् मुनिः संन्यासी मोक्षपरायणः एवं देहसंस्थानात् मोक्षपरायणः मोक्ष एव परम् अयनं परा गतिः यस्य सः अयं मोक्षपरायणो मुनिः भवेत्। विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधः इच्छा च भयं च क्रोधश्च इच्छाभयक्रोधाः ते विगताः यस्मात् सः विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधः यः एवं वर्तते सदा संन्यासी मुक्त एव सः न तस्य मोक्षायान्यः कर्तव्योऽस्ति।।एवं समाहितचित्तेन किं विज्ञेयम् इति उच्यते भोक्तारं यज्ञतपसां यज्ञानां तपसां च कर्तृरूपेण देवतारूपेण च सर्वलोकमहेश्वरं सर्वेषां लोकानां महान्तम् ईश्वरं सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां सर्वप्राणिनां प्रत्युपकारनिरपेक्षतया उपकारिणं सर्वभूतानां हृदयेशयं सर्वकर्मफलाध्यक्षं सर्वप्रत्ययसाक्षिणं मां नारायणं ज्ञात्वा शान्तिं सर्वसंसारोपरतिम् ऋच्छति प्राप्नोति।।इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्यस्य श्रीगोविन्दभगवत्पूज्यपादशिष्यस्यश्रीमच्छंकरभगवतः कृतौ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीताभाष्येपञ्चमोऽध्यायः।।

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Translation · English

Rāmānuja

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5.27 - 5.28 'Shutting off all contact with outside objects,' i.e., stopping the outward functioning of the senses; seated with his trunk straightened in a posture fit for meditation (Yoga); 'fixing the gaze between the eye-brows,' i.e., at the root of the nose where the eye-brows meet; 'ealising inward and outward breaths,' i.e., making exhalatory and inhalatory breath move eally: making the senses, Manas and intellect no longer capable of anything except the vision of the self, conseently being free from 'desire, fear and wrath'; 'who is intent on release as his final goal,' i.e., having release as his only aim - the sage who is thus intent on the vision of the self 'is indeed liberated for ever,' i.e., he is almost a liberated person, as he would soon be in the ultimate stage of fruition. Sri Krsna now says that Karma Yoga, described above, which is facilitated by the performance of obligatory and occasional rites and which culminates in meditation (Yoga), is easy to practise:

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Swami Sivananda

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5.28 यतेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिः with senses? mind and intellect (ever) controlled? मुनिः the sage? मोक्षपरायणः having liberation as his supreme goal? विगतेच्छाभयक्रोधः free from desire? fear and anger? यः who? सदा for ever? मुक्तः free? एव verily? सः he.Commentary If one is free from desire? fear and anger he enjoys perfect peace of mind. When the senses? the mind and the intellect are subjugated? the sage does constant contemplation and,attains for ever to the absolute freedom or Moksha.The mind becomes restless when the modifications of deisre? fear and anger arise in it. When one becomes desireless? the mind moves towards the Self spontaneously liberation or Moksha becomes his highest goal.Muni is one who does Manana or reflection and contemplation.

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