Word meanings
- kāma
- desires
- krodha
- anger
- vimuktānām
- of those who are liberated
- yatīnām
- of the saintly persons
- yata-cetasām
- those self-realized persons who have subdued their mind
- abhitaḥ
- from every side
- brahma
- spiritual
- nirvāṇam
- liberation from material existence
- vartate
- exists
- vidita-ātmanām
- of those who are self-realized
Translations
Absolute freedom exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts, and who have realized the Self.
Saints who know themselves, who control their minds, and feel neither desire nor anger, find eternal bliss everywhere.
To those monks who have control over their internal organs, who are free from desire and anger, who have known the Self, there is absorption into Brahman either way.
काम-क्रोधसे सर्वथा रहित, जीते हुए मनवाले और स्वरूपका साक्षात्कार किये हुए सांख्ययोगियोंके लिये दोनों ओरसे--शरीरके रहते हुए अथवा शरीर छूटनेके बाद) निर्वाण ब्रह्म परिपूर्ण है।Commentary
Those who renounce all actions and practise Sravana (hearing of the scriptures)? Manana (reflection) and Nididhyasana (meditation), who are established in Brahman or who are steadily devoted to the knowledge of the Self attain liberation or Moksha instantaneously (Kaivalya Moksha). Karma Yoga leads to Moksha step by step (Krama Mukti). First comes purification of the mind, then knowledge, then renunciation of all actions and eventually Moksha.