यत्र योगेश्वरः कृष्णो यत्र पार्थो धनुर्धरः। तत्र श्रीर्विजयो भूतिर्ध्रुवा नीतिर्मतिर्मम।।18.78।

Wherever Krishna, the Lord of Yoga, is; and wherever Arjuna, the wielder of the bow, is; there is prosperity, victory, happiness, and a firm policy; this is my conviction.

Path of Renunciation

Verse 5.26

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

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

Word Meanings

kāma—desires; krodha—anger; vimuktānām—of those who are liberated; yatīnām—of the saintly persons; yata-chetasām—those self-realized persons who have subdued their mind; abhitaḥ—from every side; brahma—spiritual; nirvāṇam—liberation from material existence; vartate—exists; vidita-ātmanām—of those who are self-realized

Translation · English

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.

Deep Meaning · English

In this profound verse, Krishna delineates the interior state of the jivanmukta—the liberated being who moves through the world while rooted in the Absolute. When desire (kama) and anger (krodha)—the twin primary disturbances of the human psyche—are dissolved, the agitation of the mind ceases. Desire is the projection of lack, and anger is the defensive reaction when that projection is thwarted; by subduing these, the seeker transitions from a state of 'becoming' to a state of 'being.' This is not merely a suppressive act but a refinement of consciousness that unveils the underlying reality of Brahman. The term 'abhito' (from all sides) is crucial; it suggests that for the one who has known the Self, there is no longer a dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, or the inner and the outer. The stillness of the mind becomes a mirror that reflects the omnipresence of the Divine. The seeker is no longer waiting for liberation after death; they are swimming in the ocean of Brahma-nirvana here and now, as the illusion of the separate ego dissolves into the Infinite. This represents the pinnacle of the Karma-Sannyasa path, where renunciation is not about abandoning duty, but abandoning the attachment to the fruit of duty, leading to an unshakable peace that persists regardless of external circumstances.

True liberation is the spontaneous, omnipresent experience of the Absolute that arises when the heart is emptied of the reactive impulses of egoic desire and anger.

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