In Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 , Lord Krishna describes three types of spiritual contenders. A yogi is a spiritual learner who still seeks many desires in life. He has to tread the path of action. Next is the sanyasi who has given up on his desires and is all set to take up the path of contemplation and meditation. He lives in his own world and can be easily freed from world desires. On the other hand, he has to tread the path of Karma Yoga in order to prepare himself for meditation. While a yogi is focussed on self purification, a sanyasi should behave like a lotus leaf in water---detached from the world yet existing in it. A jnani, the third type on the other hand, is a vivacious actor who pretends that he has done nothing while he continues to perform his actions. The Lord also emphasises the spirit of Renunciation which is just not turning away from worldly desires but weeding out attachments that come in the way of relationships. According to Lord Krishna, Renunciation opens the doors to Realisation which leads to happiness.
arjuna uvāca
sannyāsaḿ karmaṇāḿ kṛṣṇa
punar yogaḿ ca śaḿsasi
yac chreya etayor ekaḿ
tan me brūhi su-niścitam
Translation
Arjuna said: O Krishna, first of all You ask me to renounce work, and then again You recommend work with devotion. Now will You kin...View More
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
sannyāsaḥ karma-yogaś ca
niḥśreyasa-karāv ubhau
tayos tu karma-sannyāsāt
karma-yogo viśiṣyate
Translation
The Personality of Godhead replied: The renunciation of work and work in devotion are both good for liberation. But, of the two, work ...View More
jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī
yo na dveṣṭi na kāńkṣati
nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho
sukhaḿ bandhāt pramucyate
Translation
One who neither hates nor desires the fruits of his activities is known to be always renounced. Such a person, free from all dualities, easily ov...View More
sāńkhya-yogau pṛthag bālāḥ
pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ
ekam apy āsthitaḥ samyag
ubhayor vindate phalam
Translation
Only the ignorant speak of devotional service [karma-yoga] as being different from the analytical study of the material world [Sankhya]. Those who ar...View More
yat sāńkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaḿ
tad yogair api gamyate
ekaḿ sāńkhyaḿ ca yogaḿ ca
yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati
Translation
One who knows that the position reached by means of analytical study can also be attained by devotional service, and who therefore sees analyt...View More
sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho
duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ
yoga-yukto munir brahma
na cireṇādhigacchati
Translation
Merely renouncing all activities yet not engaging in the devotional service of the Lord cannot make one happy. But a thoughtful person engaged in devotional servic...View More
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5.7
yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā
vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ
sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā
kurvann api na lipyate
Translation
One who works in devotion, who is a pure soul, and who controls his mind and senses is dear to everyone, and everyone is dear to him. Though always working, su...View More
naiva kiñcit karomīti
yukto manyeta tattva-vit
paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann
aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan
pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann
unmiṣan nimiṣann api
indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu
vartanta iti dhārayan
Translation
A person in the divine consciousne...View More
brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi
sańgaḿ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena
padma-patram ivāmbhasā
Translation
One who performs his duty without attachment, surrendering the results unto the Supreme Lord, is unaffected by sinful action, as the lotus leaf is untou...View More
kāyena manasā buddhyā
kevalair indriyair api
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti
sańgaḿ tyaktvātma-śuddhaye
Translation
The yogis, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification.
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yuktaḥ karma-phalaḿ tyaktvā
śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm
ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa
phale sakto nibadhyate
Translation
The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union wi...View More
sarva-karmāṇi manasā
sannyasyāste sukhaḿ vaśī
nava-dvāre pure dehī
naiva kurvan na kārayan
Translation
When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither ...View More
na kartṛtvaḿ na karmāṇi
lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ
na karma-phala-saḿyogaḿ
svabhāvas tu pravartate
Translation
The embodied spirit, master of the city of his body, does not create activities, nor does he induce people to act, nor does he create the fruits of actio...View More
nādatte kasyacit pāpaḿ
na caiva sukṛtaḿ vibhuḥ
ajñānenāvṛtaḿ jñānaḿ
tena muhyanti jantavaḥ
Translation
Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which cove...View More
jñānena tu tad ajñānaḿ
yeṣāḿ nāśitam ātmanaḥ
teṣām āditya-vaj jñānaḿ
prakāśayati tat param
Translation
When, however, one is enlightened with the knowledge by which nescience is destroyed, then his knowledge reveals everything, as the sun lights up...View More
tad-buddhayas tad-ātmānas
tan-niṣṭhās tat-parāyaṇāḥ
gacchanty apunar-āvṛttiḿ
jñāna-nirdhūta-kalmaṣāḥ
Translation
When one’s intelligence, mind, faith and refuge are all fixed in the Supreme, then one becomes fully cleansed of misgivings through c...View More
vidyā-vinaya-sampanne
brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śuni caiva śva-pāke ca
paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśinaḥ
Translation
The humble sages, by virtue of true knowledge, see with equal vision a learned and gentle brahmana, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a dog-eater [outcaste].
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ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo
yeṣāḿ sāmye sthitaḿ manaḥ
nirdoṣaḿ hi samaḿ brahma
tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ
Translation
Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless l...View More
na prahṛṣyet priyaḿ prāpya
nodvijet prāpya cāpriyam
sthira-buddhir asammūḍho
brahma-vid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ
Translation
A person who neither rejoices upon achieving something pleasant nor laments upon obtaining something unpleasant, who is self-intelligent, who...View More
bāhya-sparśeṣv asaktātmā
vindaty ātmani yat sukham
sa brahma-yoga-yuktātmā
sukham akṣayam aśnute
Translation
Such a liberated person is not attracted to material sense pleasure but is always in trance, enjoying the pleasure within. In this way the self-realized pe...View More
ye hi saḿsparśa-jā bhogā
duḥkha-yonaya eva te
ādy-antavantaḥ kaunteya
na teṣu ramate budhaḥ
Translation
An intelligent person does not take part in the sources of misery, which are due to contact with the material senses. O son of Kunti, such pleasures have a ...View More
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuḿ
prāk śarīra-vimokṣaṇāt
kāma-krodhodbhavaḿ vegaḿ
sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ
Translation
Before giving up this present body, if one is able to tolerate the urges of the material senses and check the force of desire and anger, he...View More
yo ’ntaḥ-sukho ’ntar-ārāmas
tathāntar-jyotir eva yaḥ
sa yogī brahma-nirvāṇaḿ
brahma-bhūto ’dhigacchati
Translation
One whose happiness is within, who is active and rejoices within, and whose aim is inward is actually the perfect mystic. He is liberated i...View More
labhante brahma-nirvāṇam
ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ
chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ
sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ
Translation
Those who are beyond the dualities that arise from doubts, whose minds are engaged within, who are always busy working for the welfare of a...View More
kāma-krodha-vimuktānāḿ
yatīnāḿ yata-cetasām
abhito brahma-nirvāṇaḿ
vartate viditātmanām
Translation
Those who are free from anger and all material desires, who are self-realized, self-disciplined and constantly endeavoring for perfection, are assured of libe...View More
sparśān kṛtvā bahir bāhyāḿś
cakṣuś caivāntare bhruvoḥ
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā
nāsābhyantara-cāriṇau
yatendriya-mano-buddhir
munir mokṣa-parāyaṇaḥ
vigatecchā-bhaya-krodho
yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ
Translation
Shutting out all external ...View More
bhoktāraḿ yajña-tapasāḿ
sarva-loka-maheśvaram
suhṛdaḿ sarva-bhūtānāḿ
jñātvā māḿ śāntim ṛcchati
Translation
A person in full consciousness of Me, knowing Me to be the ultimate beneficiary of all sacrifices and austerities, the Supreme Lord of all pl...View More
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