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Bhagavad Gita 15.5

Those free from pride, attachment and desire, and settled in the Self, reach the imperishable state.

निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।
द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञैर्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्॥

nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ
dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñairgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat

Translation

Free of pride and delusion, having overcome the fault of attachment, always dwelling in the Self, with desires put to rest and freed from the pairs known as pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that imperishable state.

Hindi

जो मान और मोह से मुक्त हैं, जिन्होंने आसक्ति के दोष को जीत लिया है, जो सदा आत्मा में स्थित हैं, जिनकी कामनाएँ शांत हो गई हैं और जो सुख-दुःख नाम के द्वंद्वों से छूट गए हैं, ऐसे विवेकी लोग उस अविनाशी पद को पाते हैं।

Commentary

This verse reads like a checklist for the one who is ready. Pride, delusion, clinging and craving are dropped, and the mind rests in the Self. Freedom from the pairs of pleasure and pain echoes the steady mind described in the second chapter. The next verse, 15.6, describes the place they reach.

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