Free from pride and delusion, victorious over attachment, ever rooted in the true self, desireless, and beyond the opposites of pleasure and pain, the undeluded reach that imperishable state.
— Krishna
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Bhagavad Gita · 15.5
Hindi · हिन्दी
जो मान और मोहसे रहित हो गये हैं, जिन्होंने आसक्तिसे होनेवाले दोषोंको जीत लिया है, जो नित्यनिरन्तर परमात्मामें ही लगे हुए हैं, जो अपनी दृष्टिसे सम्पूर्ण कामनाओंसे रहित हो गये हैं, जो सुखदुःखरूप द्वन्द्वोंसे मुक्त हो गये हैं, ऐसे ऊँची स्थितिवाले मोहरहित साधक भक्त उस अविनाशी परमपदपरमात्मा को प्राप्त होते हैं ॥
The verse in reading order — each Sanskrit word with its meaning beneath. Tap a word to focus on it.
निर्मानमोहाःfree from pride and delusionजितसङ्गदोषाःwho have conquered the fault of attachmentअध्यात्मनित्याःever devoted to the true selfविनिवृत्तकामाःwhose desires have fully withdrawnद्वन्द्वैःfrom the pairs of oppositesविमुक्ताःfreedसुखदुःखसंज्ञैःnamed pleasure and painगच्छन्तिthey reachअमूढाःthe undeludedपदम्stateअव्ययम्imperishableतत्that
Read literallyfree from pride and delusion · who have conquered the fault of attachment · ever devoted to the true self · whose desires have fully withdrawn · from the pairs of opposites · freed · named pleasure and pain · they reach · the undeluded · state · imperishable · that
Understanding the verse
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Free of pride, delusion and craving, and steady in the self, the undeluded reach the imperishable state.
Those who lose pride, cut attachment, stay rooted in the true self, and rise above pleasure and pain reach the imperishable state.
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On the battlefield
Context & commentary
Krishna keeps pointing beyond the battlefield, with Arjuna frozen between duty and grief. After describing the cosmic tree and the highest abode, he names the inner qualities needed to reach it: no pride, no attachment, no craving, no confusion.
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In your life
What it looks like today
A retired schoolteacher stops needing to win every argument with her son-in-law and stops counting who visited whom. Krishna's list describes that settling: less pride, less craving, less swinging between pleasure and pain.
The takeaway
“Freedom feels less like gaining something and more like losing what kept you divided.”
Those who lose pride, cut attachment, stay rooted in the true self, and rise above pleasure and pain reach the imperishable state.
Who speaks Bhagavad Gita 15.5?
Krishna speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Purushottama Yoga" (The Yoga of the Supreme Person).
Which chapter of the Bhagavad Gita contains verse 15.5?
Verse 5 sits in Chapter 15 of the Bhagavad Gita — Purushottama Yoga, "The Yoga of the Supreme Person". The chapter has 20 verses in total.
Why does Bhagavad Gita 15.5 matter today?
A retired schoolteacher stops needing to win every argument with her son-in-law and stops counting who visited whom. Krishna's list describes that settling: less pride, less craving, less swinging between pleasure and pain.
Free of pride, delusion and craving, and steady in the self, the undeluded reach the imperishable state.
What this verse means
Those who lose pride, cut attachment, stay rooted in the true self, and rise above pleasure and pain reach the imperishable state.
Context & commentary
Krishna keeps pointing beyond the battlefield, with Arjuna frozen between duty and grief. After describing the cosmic tree and the highest abode, he names the inner qualities needed to reach it: no pride, no attachment, no craving, no confusion.
What it looks like today
A retired schoolteacher stops needing to win every argument with her son-in-law and stops counting who visited whom. Krishna's list describes that settling: less pride, less craving, less swinging between pleasure and pain.
“Freedom feels less like gaining something and more like losing what kept you divided.”
Explore related themes: vairagya (51 verses), moksha (34 verses), purushottama (14 verses)