Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 15, Verse 5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः । द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै- र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ | dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñai- rgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat
Translation
Free from pride and delusion, with the evil of attachment conquered, ever dwelling in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, liberated from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that Goal Eternal.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- nirmānamohāḥ
- gone, pride, and, delusion, and, from whom, they
- jitasaṅgadoṣāḥ
- conquered, of attachment, the faults, by whom, they
- adhyātmanityāḥ
- in the inner self, permanently established
- vinivṛttakāmāḥ
- departed, desires, whose, they
- dvandvaiḥ
- by (from) the pairs
- vimuktāḥ
- freed
- sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñaiḥ
- pleasure, and, pain, and, name, whose, by (from) them
- gacchanti
- go
- amūḍhāḥ
- un-deluded
- padam
- to the goal
- avyayam
- indestructible
- tat
- that
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
"Ever dwelling in the Self": constantly engaged in the contemplation of the nature of the Supreme Self. "Their desires having turned away": they become saṃnyāsins, all desires having fled without leaving any taint behind. "That": described above.