Chapter 5 · Verse 19

Path of Renunciation

इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः। निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः

ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣhāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ nirdoṣhaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ

Word Meanings

iha eva — in this very life; taiḥ — by them; jitaḥ — conquer; sargaḥ — the creation; yeṣhām — whose; sāmye — in equanimity; sthitam — situated; manaḥ — mind; nirdoṣham — flawless; hi — certainly; samam — in equality; brahma — God; tasmāt — therefore; brahmaṇi — in the Absolute Truth; te — they; sthitāḥ — are seated

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Translation

Those whose minds are established in equanimity have conquered creation even here in this life; for Brahman is flawless and impartial, and therefore they abide in Brahman.

Commentary

इह here? एव even? तैः by them? जितः is conered? सर्गः rirth or creation? येषाम् of whom? साम्ये in eality? स्थितम् established? मनः mind? निर्दोषम् spotless? हि indeed? समम् eal? ब्रह्म Brahman? तस्मात् therefore? ब्रह्मणि in Brahman? ते they? स्थिताः are established.Commentary When the mind gets rooted in eanimity or evenness or eality? when it is always in a balanced state? one coners birth and death. Bondage is annihilated and freedom is attained by him. When the mind is in a perfectly balanced state he overcomes Brahman Himself? i.e.? realises Brahman.Brahman is ever pure and attributeless and so He is not affected even though He dwells in an outcaste? dog? etc. So He is spotless. He is homogeneous and one? as He dwells eally in all beings.