Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga, verse 26
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥
Say itkāma-krodha-viyuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-chetasām
abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām
Translation
Absolute freedom exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts, and who have realized the Self.
Swami Sivananda
To those monks who have control over their internal organs, who are free from desire and anger, who have known the Self, there is absorption into Brahman either way.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
To those who are free from desire and wrath, who are accustomed to exerting themselves, whose thoughts are controlled, and who have conquered it—the beatitude of Brahman is close at hand.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
Warding off external contacts; keeping the sense of sight between the two wandering ones; counterbalancing both the forward and backward moving forces that travel within what is crooked;
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
Saints who know themselves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find eternal bliss everywhere.
Shri Purohit Swami
काम-क्रोधसे सर्वथा रहित, जीते हुए मनवाले और स्वरूपका साक्षात्कार किये हुए सांख्ययोगियोंके लिये दोनों ओरसे--शरीरके रहते हुए अथवा शरीर छूटनेके बाद) निर्वाण ब्रह्म परिपूर्ण है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
काम और क्रोध से रहित, संयतचित्त वाले तथा आत्मा को जानने वाले यतियों के लिए सब ओर मोक्ष (या ब्रह्मानन्द) विद्यमान रहता है।
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.