Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga, verse 19
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः।
निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥
Say itihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo yeṣhāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ
nirdoṣhaṁ hi samaṁ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ
Translation
Even here in this world, those whose minds rest in reality overcome birth; Brahman is indeed spotless and real; therefore they are established in Brahman.
Swami Sivananda
Here itself is mirth attained by those whose minds are established in sameness. Since Brahman is the same in all and free from defects, they are established in Brahman.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
Here itself, those whose minds rest in equanimity overcome samsara. For the Brahman (individual self), when uncontaminated by Prakriti, is the same everywhere; therefore, they abide in Brahman.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
The one who knows Brahman, who is disillusioned, established in Brahman, and has a firm intellect, would neither rejoice upon meeting a friend nor get agitated upon meeting a foe.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Even in this world, those whose minds remain always balanced, fixed on the Supreme, conquer their earthly life; for the Supreme has neither blemish nor bias.
Shri Purohit Swami
जिनका अन्तःकरण समतामें स्थित है, उन्होंने इस जीवित-अवस्थामें ही सम्पूर्ण संसारको जीत लिया है; ब्रह्म निर्दोष और सम है, इसलिये वे ब्रह्ममें ही स्थित हैं।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जिनका मन समत्वभाव में स्थित है, उनके द्वारा यहीं पर यह सर्ग जीत लिया जाता है; क्योंकि ब्रह्म निर्दोष और सम है इसलिये वे ब्रह्म में ही स्थित हैं।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.