Bhagavad Gita BG 5.3
Chapter 5, Verse 3 — Meaning, Translation & Explanation
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति । निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
jneyah sa nitya-sannyasi yo na dveshti na kankhshati nirdvandvo hi mahabaho sukham bandhat pramucyate
Meaning
Know that one who neither hates nor desires is always a renunciant. Free from all dualities, O mighty-armed, such a person is easily liberated from bondage.
Understanding
True renunciation defined: the nitya-sannyasi (eternal renunciant) is not one who wears saffron or lives in a forest, but one who na dveshti (does not hate, does not push away) and na kankhshati (does not crave, does not pull toward). This is nirdvandva — free from the dvandvas (pairs of opposites). Such a person is liberated sukham (easily, joyfully) from bandha (bondage).
Word by Word
| Word | IAST | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| नित्यसंन्यासी | nitya-sannyasi | eternal renunciant, always a renunciant |
| द्वेष्टि | dveshti | hates, pushes away, repels |
| काङ्क्षति | kankhshati | desires, craves, pulls toward |
| निर्द्वन्द्वः | nirdvandvah | free from dualities, beyond pairs of opposites |
| प्रमुच्यते | pramucyate | is liberated, freed completely |
| ज्ञेयः | jñeyaḥ | should be known / is to be understood |
| सः | saḥ | he (that person is the true sannyasi) |
| यः | yaḥ | he who / one who |
| न | na | not (neither hates nor desires) |
| हि | hi | for / indeed (causal) |
| महाबाहो | mahā-bāho | O mighty-armed (Arjuna) |
| सुखम् | sukham | easily / happily |
| बन्धात् | bandhāt | from bondage / from the bonds of karma |