Chapter 5

Shloka 5.29 “Knowing Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the Lord of all worlds, and friend of all beings, one attains peace.” Key Teaching: Knowing Krishna as the Lord and friend brings peace. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that knowing him as the enjoyer of sacrifices, the Lord of […]

Shloka 5.28 “Free from desire, fear, and anger, with senses, mind, and intellect controlled, the sage, absorbed in meditation, attains peace.” Key Teaching: Meditation with controlled senses and emotions leads to peace. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a sage, free from desire, fear, and anger, with controlled senses, mind, and

Shloka 5.27 “Shutting out external contacts, fixing the gaze between eyebrows, balancing breath through nostrils.” Key Teaching: Meditation, shutting out senses and balancing breath, leads to liberation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna describes meditation: shutting out external contacts, fixing the gaze between eyebrows, and balancing breath through nostrils. This verse, continuing 5.26,

Shloka 5.26 “Free from desire and anger, with controlled mind, self-realized sages attain liberation everywhere.” Key Teaching: Self-realized sages, free from desire and anger, attain universal liberation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that sages free from desire and anger, with controlled minds and self-realization, attain liberation everywhere. This verse, continuing 5.25,

Shloka 5.25 “Sages with doubts destroyed, self-controlled, devoted to others’ welfare, attain liberation in Brahman.” Key Teaching: Self-controlled sages, free of doubts, attain liberation through service. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that sages with doubts destroyed, self-controlled, and devoted to others’ welfare attain liberation in Brahman. This verse, continuing 5.24, addresses

Shloka 5.24 “One who finds happiness, joy, and light within, that yogi, united with Brahman, attains liberation.” Key Teaching: Inner happiness and union with Brahman lead to liberation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a yogi finding happiness, joy, and light within, united with Brahman, attains liberation. This verse, continuing 5.23,

Shloka 5.23 “One who can withstand desire and anger before leaving the body is a yogi and happy.” Key Teaching: Withstanding desire and anger makes one a happy yogi. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that one who withstands desire and anger before death is a true yogi and happy. This verse,

Shloka 5.22 “Pleasures from external contacts are wombs of pain, O Arjuna; the wise do not delight in them.” Key Teaching: External pleasures lead to pain; the wise avoid them. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna warns that pleasures from external contacts are sources of pain, and the wise do not delight in

Shloka 5.21 “Unattached to external pleasures, finding joy in the self, the yogi attains unchangeable bliss in Brahman.” Key Teaching: Detachment from external pleasures leads to eternal bliss in Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that a yogi, unattached to external pleasures and finding joy in the self, attains unchangeable bliss

Shloka 5.20 “Unmoved by pleasant or unpleasant, with steady intellect, knowing Brahman, they rest in Brahman.” Key Teaching: Knowing Brahman, the wise remain unmoved by dualities, resting in Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that those knowing Brahman, with steady intellect, remain unmoved by pleasant or unpleasant experiences, resting in Brahman.