Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga, verse 3
ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
Say itjñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣhṭi na kāṅkṣhati
nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramuchyate
Translation
He should be known as a perpetual Sannyasi who neither hates nor desires; for, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed Arjuna, he is easily freed from bondage.
Swami Sivananda
He who neither hates nor craves should be known as a man of constant renunciation.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He who neither hates nor desires, and is beyond the pairs of opposites, is to be understood as an ever-renouncer. Therefore, he is easily set free from bondage, O Arjuna.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
That person may be considered a man of permanent renunciation, who neither hates nor desires. For, O mighty-armed one! He who is free from the pairs of opposites is easily released from bondage of action.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He is a true ascetic who never desires nor dislikes, who is unaffected by the opposites and is easily freed from bondage.
Shri Purohit Swami
हे महाबाहो ! जो मनुष्य न किसीसे द्वेष करता है और न किसीकी आकाङ्क्षा करता है; वह (कर्मयोगी) सदा संन्यासी समझनेयोग्य है; क्योंकि द्वन्द्वोंसे रहित मनुष्य सुखपूर्वक संसार-बन्धनसे मुक्त हो जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
जो पुरुष न किसी से द्वेष करता है और न किसी की आकांक्षा, वह सदा संन्यासी ही समझने योग्य है; क्योंकि, हे महाबाहो ! द्वन्द्वों से रहित पुरुष सहज ही बन्धन मुक्त हो जाता 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.