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5.185.20

Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 5.19

Knowledge and equal vision

इहैव तैर्जित: सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मन: ।

निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्‍ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिता: ॥ १९ ॥

ihaiva tair jitaḥ sargo

yeṣāṁ sāmye sthitaṁ manaḥ

nirdoṣaṁ hi samaṁ brahma

tasmād brahmaṇi te sthitāḥ

Translation

Those whose minds are established in sameness and equanimity have already conquered the conditions of birth and death. They are flawless like Brahman, and thus they are already situated in Brahman.

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Freedom Through Equal Vision

  1. 1Those whose minds are steady in equal vision have conquered birth and death and are already flawless and situated in Brahman.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that this steadiness marks self-realization. Such liberated souls can enter the spiritual sky after death.
  3. 3Work toward a steady mind, free from attraction and hatred.

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Chapter 5, Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness: knowledge and equal vision.

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Discern the eternal self from the temporary.

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Key ideas: ātmā, jñāna.

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Related verses

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BG 5.14Knowledge and equal visionBG 5.15Knowledge and equal visionBG 2.13The self endures bodily changeBG 4.34The humility of real inquiry

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