Gita Verse 5.26

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5, Verse 26

Sanskrit Verse

कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।

अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।

Transliteration

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

Swami Sivananda's translation

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.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 5