Bhagavad Gita 9.28शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः।संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥
śhubhāśhubha-phalair evaṁ mokṣhyase
karma-bandhanaiḥ sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣhyasi
Sanskrit recitation
Offer what you have · 9.26–9.34 · Teaching
Translation
Thus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the mind steadfast in the Yoga of renunciation, and liberated, you shall come to Me.
Hindi translation
इस प्रकार मेरे अर्पण करनेसे जिनसे कर्मबन्धन होता है, ऐसे शुभ (विहित) और अशुभ (निषिद्ध) सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंके फलोंसे तू मुक्त हो जायगा। ऐसे अपनेसहित सब कुछ मेरे अर्पण करनेवाला और सबसे मुक्त हुआ तू मेरेको प्राप्त हो जायगा।
Meaning
Evam Thus -- when you thus offer everything to Me.Renunciation of the fruits of all works is Sannyasa. He who is eipped with the mind steadfast in the Yog of renunciation is Sannyasayogayuktatma. The act of offering everything unto the Lord,constitutes the Yoga of renunciation. It is also Yoga as it is an action. With the mind endowed with renunciation and Yoga thou shalt be freed from good and evil results while yet living and thou shalt come unto Me when this body falls.An objector says, Then the Lord has love and hatred as He confers His grace on His devotees only and not on others.The answer is, Not so. The Lord is impartial and is beyond love and hatred. His grace flows towards all. But the devotee recieves it freely as he has opened his heart to the reception of His grace.This is explained in the next verse.
After Swami Sivananda
Offer what you have· 9.26–9.34→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 9.26Whoever offers Me with devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or a little water, that, so…
- 9.27Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give,…
9.28Thus, you shall be freed from the bonds of actions yielding good and evil fruits; with the…
- 9.29I am the same to all beings; there is none hateful or dear to Me; but those who worship Me…
- 9.30Even if the most sinful worships Me, with devotion to no one else, he should indeed be…
- 9.31Soon he becomes righteous and attains eternal peace; O Arjuna, proclaim thou for certain…
- 9.32For, taking refuge in Me, they who, O Arjuna, may be of a sinful birth—women, Vaisyas, and…
- 9.33How much more easily, then, do Brahmins and devoted royal saints attain the goal? Having…
- 9.34Fix your mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice to Me; bow down to Me; having thus united…
Word-by-word→
- evam
- thus
- mām
- to me
- karma
- work
- vimuktaḥ
- liberated
- mokṣhyase
- you shall be freed
- bandhanaiḥ
- from the bondage
- upaiṣhyasi
- you shall reach
- yukta-ātmā
- having the mind attached to me
- sanyāsa-yoga
- renunciation of selfishness
- śhubha aśhubha phalaiḥ
- from good and bad results
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