bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram
suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntimṛcchati

oṃ tatsaditi śrīmadbhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu
brahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīkṛṣṇārjunasaṃvāde
saṃnyāsayogo nāma pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ

Knowing Me as Enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the Great Lord of all worlds, the friend of all beings, he attains Peace.

bhoktāraṃ = the beneficiary; yajña = of sacrifices; tapasāṃ = and penances and austerities; sarvaloka = of all planets and the demigods thereof; maheśvaraṃ = the Supreme Lord; suhṛdaṃ = the benefactor; sarva = of all; bhūtānāṃ = the living entities; jñātvā = thus knowing; māṃ = Me (Lord Krishna); śāntiṃ = relief from material pangs; ṛcchati = one achieves.;

kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasām
abhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām

Absolute Freedom (or BRAHMIC Bliss) exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics, who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts and who have realised the Self.

kāma = from desires; krodha = and anger; vimuktānāṃ = of those who are liberated; yatīnāṃ = of the saintly persons; yatacetasāṃ = who have full control over the mind; abhitaḥ = assured in the near future; brahmanirvāṇaṃ = liberation in the Supreme; vartate = is there; viditātmanāṃ = of those who are self-realized.;

yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ
vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ

With senses, mind and intellect (ever) controlled, having liberation as his Supreme Goal, free from desire, fear and anger — the sage is verily liberated for ever.

yata = controlled; indriya = senses; manaḥ = mind; buddhiḥ = intelligence; muniḥ = the transcendentalist; mokṣa = for liberation; parāyaṇaḥ = being so destined; vigata = having discarded; icchā = wishes; bhaya = fear; krodhaḥ = anger; yaḥ = one who; sadā = always; muktaḥ = liberated; eva = certainly; saḥ = he is.;

ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te
ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ

The enjoyments that are born of contacts are only generators of pain, for they have a beginning and an end. O son of Kunti, the wise do not rejoice in them.

ye = those; hi = certainly; saṃsparśajāḥ = by contact with the material senses; bhogāḥ = enjoyments; duḥkha = distress; yonayaḥ = sources of; eva = certainly; te = they are; ādi = beginning; anta = end; vantaḥ = subject to; kaunteya = O son of Kunti; na = never; teṣu = in those; ramate = takes delight; budhaḥ = the intelligent person.;

śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt
kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ

He who is able, while still here (in this world) to withstand, before the liberation from the body (death) , the impulse born out of desire and anger, he is a YOGIN , he is a happy man.

śaknoti = is able; ihaiva = in the present body; yaḥ = one who; soḍhuṃ = to tolerate; prāk = before; śarīra = the body; vimokṣaṇāt = giving up; kāma = desire; krodha = and anger; udbhavaṃ = generated from; vegaṃ = urges; saḥ = he; yuktaḥ = in trance; saḥ = he; sukhī = happy; naraḥ = human being.;

yo’ntaḥsukho’ntarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ
sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto’dhigacchati

He who is happy within, who rejoices within, who is illuminated within, that YOGI attains Absolute Freedom or MOKSHA, himself becomin g BRAHMAN.

yaḥ = one who; antarsukhaḥ = happy from within; antarārāmaḥ = actively enjoying within; tathā = as well as; antarjyotiḥ = aiming within; eva = certainly; yaḥ = anyone; saḥ = he; yogī = a mystic; brahmanirvāṇaṃ = liberation in the Supreme; brahmabhūtaḥ = being self-realized; adhigacchati = attains.;

labhante brahmanirvāṇamṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ
chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ

Those RISHIS obtain Absolute Freedom or MOKSHA — whose sins have been destroyed, whose dualities are torn asunder, who are self-controlled and intent on the welfare of all beings.

labhante = achieve; brahmanirvāṇaṃ = liberation in the Supreme; ṛṣayaḥ = those who are active within; kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ = who are devoid of all sins; chinna = having torn off; dvaidhāḥ = duality; yatātmanāḥ = engaged in self-realization; sarvabhūta = for all living entities; hite = in welfare work; ratāḥ = engaged.;

ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitaṃ manaḥ
nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ

Even here (in this world) , birth (everything) is overcome by those whose minds rest in equality; BRAHMAN is spotless indeed and equal; therefore they are established in BRAHMAN.

iha = in this life; eva = certainly; taiḥ = by them; jitaḥ = conquered; sargaḥ = birth and death; yeṣāṃ = whose; sāmye = in equanimity; sthitaṃ = situated; manaḥ = mind; nirdoṣaṃ = flawless; hi = certainly; samaṃ = in equanimity; brahma = like the Supreme; tasmāt = therefore; brahmaṇi = in the Supreme; te = they; sthitāḥ = are situated.;

na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam
sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

Resting in BRAHMAN, with steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of BRAHMAN neither rejoices on obtaining what is pleasant, nor grieves on obtaining what is unpleasant.

na = never; prahṛṣyet = rejoices; priyaṃ = the pleasant; prāpya = achieving; na = does not; udvijet = become agitated; prāpya = obtaining; ca = also; apriyaṃ = the unpleasant; sthirabuddhiḥ = self-intelligent; asammūḍhāḥ = unbewildered; brahmavit = one who knows the Supreme perfectly; brahmaṇi = in the transcendence; sthitaḥ = situated.;