Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 26
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् । अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्
kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasām | abhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām
Translation
To the devotees who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thought, and who have known the Self, Brahman's bliss exists everywhere.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- kāmakrodhaviyuktānām
- from desire, and, from anger, and, (of) the disjoined
- yatīnām
- of the controlled ascetics
- yatacetasām
- controlled, mind, whose, of these
- abhitaḥ
- near
- brahmanirvāṇam
- Brahma-nirvāṇa
- vartate
- exists
- viditātmanām
- known, of selves, whose, of those
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Those who have renounced all actions and attained right knowledge are liberated, whether living or dead.