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.

Shloka 5.19 “Those whose minds rest in equality conquer birth and death here; they dwell in Brahman, being faultless.” Key Teaching: Equality in mind conquers birth and death, aligning with Brahman. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that those whose minds rest in equality conquer the cycle of birth and death, dwelling

Shloka 5.18 “The wise see the same in a learned Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, or an outcaste, with equal vision.” Key Teaching: The wise see all beings equally, regardless of status or form. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that the wise, with equal vision, see the same divine

Shloka 5.17 “With intellect and self fixed on That, absorbed in That, established in That, they attain liberation, free from impurities.” Key Teaching: Absorption in the Supreme through knowledge leads to liberation. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that those with intellect and self fixed on the Supreme, absorbed and established in

Shloka 5.16 “But for those whose ignorance is destroyed by self-knowledge, their knowledge, like the sun, reveals the Supreme.” Key Teaching: Self-knowledge destroys ignorance, revealing the Supreme like the sun. Theme: Guidance, Dharma, Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Description: Krishna teaches that self-knowledge destroys ignorance, illuminating the Supreme like the sun for those who attain it. This