Bhagavad Gita 5.17 meaningFreedom while fully engaged
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A heart filled with God becomes clean and free.”
What it means
“Those whose thoughts, heart and purpose are absorbed in the divine are washed clean by understanding and reach freedom from which there is no return.”
The original Sanskrit
तद्बुद्धयस्तदात्मानस्तन्निष्ठास्तत्परायणाः । गच्छन्त्यपुनरावृत्तिं ज्ञाननिर्धूतकल्मषाः ॥
tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ
Translations
Literal translation
Those who have their intellect absorbed in That, whose Self is That, who are steadfast in That, who have That as their supreme Goal-they attain the state of non-returning, their dirt having been removed by Knowledge.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जिनकी बुद्धि उस (परमात्मा) में स्थित है, जिनका मन तद्रूप हुआ है, उसमें ही जिनकी निष्ठा है, वह (ब्रह्म) ही जिनका परम लक्ष्य है, ज्ञान के द्वारा पापरहित पुरुष अपुनरावृत्ति को प्राप्त होते हैं, अर्थात् उनका पुनर्जन्म नहीं होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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