Shloka 3
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
श्रीभगवान् बोले--कर्मसंन्यास और कर्मयोग--ये दोनों ही परम कल्याणके करनेवाले हैं, परंतु उन दोनोंमें भी कर्मसंन्याससे कर्मयोग साधनमें सुगम होनेसे श्रेष्ठ हैः ।।
jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati | nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhāt pramucyate ||
قال الربّ المبارك: «اعلم أنّه الزاهد الدائم من لا يُبغِض أحدا ولا يَطْمَع في شيء. يا عظيمَ الذراعين! فإنّ من تجرّد من ثنائيات الأضداد يُفَكُّ بسهولة من رباط الدنيا.»
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True renunciation is primarily internal: one who neither hates nor craves is to be regarded as an ever-renunciant. Freedom from the push-pull of opposites (likes/dislikes, gain/loss) makes liberation from bondage easy, even amid action.
In the Gita discourse on the battlefield, the teaching clarifies that the spiritual goal is not merely abandoning work, but abandoning attachment and aversion. Arjuna is instructed that equanimity and non-reactivity are the marks of genuine renunciation.