Chapter 15, Verse 5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः। द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत्।।15.5।।
nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ। dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukhaduḥkhasaṃjñai rgacchantyamūḍhāḥ padamavyayaṃ tat।।15.5।।
Word by word
- निर्मानमोहाः (nirmāna-mohāḥ)
- those free from pride and delusion
- जितसङ्गदोषाः (jita-saṅga-doṣāḥ)
- those who have conquered the evil of attachment
- अध्यात्मनित्याः (adhyātma-nityāḥ)
- those constantly devoted to the Self (spiritual knowledge)
- विनिवृत्तकामाः (vinivṛtta-kāmāḥ)
- those whose desires have completely ceased
- द्वन्द्वैः (dvandvaiḥ)
- from the dualities (pairs of opposites)
- विमुक्ताः (vimuktāḥ)
- liberated, freed
- सुखदुःखसंज्ञैः (sukha-duḥkha-saṃjñaiḥ)
- known as pleasure and pain
- गच्छन्ति (gacchanti)
- they go/attain
- अमूढाः (amūḍhāḥ)
- the undeluded ones
- पदम् (padam)
- the state/goal/abode
- अव्ययम् (avyayam)
- imperishable
- तत् (tat)
- that (supreme)
Commentary
Free from pride and delusion, with the evil of attachment conquered* ever dwelling in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, liberated from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that Goal Eternal.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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