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Chapter 15 · The Yoga of the Supreme Person · 20 verses

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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 15.5

Detachment and freedom from false prestige

निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा

अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामा: ।

द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ता: सुखदु:खसंज्ञै-

र्गच्छन्त्यमूढा: पदमव्ययं तत् ॥ ५ ॥

nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣā

adhyātma-nityā vinivṛtta-kāmāḥ

dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-saṁjñair

gacchanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṁ tat

Translation

Those who are free from false prestige, illusion and false association, who understand the eternal, who are done with material lust, who are freed from the dualities of happiness and distress, and who, unbewildered, know how to surrender unto the Supreme Person attain to that eternal kingdom.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Freedom from Pride and Surrender

  1. 1Those free from pride, illusion, false association, material lust, and the dualities of happiness and distress, who understand the eternal and surrender to the Supreme Person, attain His eternal kingdom.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that pride blocks surrender. Real knowledge means understanding that the Supreme Person, not we, is the Lord of material nature.
  3. 3Give up expecting honor and learn what is truly yours and what is not. This knowledge helps you surrender to the Supreme Person.

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Chapter 15, The Yoga of the Supreme Person: detachment and freedom from false prestige.

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Cultivate divine qualities in character.

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Key ideas: daivī-sampat, dharma.

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