ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
jñeyaḥ sa nityasannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati |nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhāt pramucyate ||
- ज्ञेयः · jñeyaḥ
- should be known as
- नित्यसंन्यासी · nityasannyāsī
- ever-renounced person
- द्वेष्टि · dveṣṭi
- hates
- काङ्क्षति · kāṅkṣati
- craves, longs for
- निर्द्वन्द्वः · nirdvandvaḥ
- free from opposites
- महाबाहो · mahābāho
- O mighty-armed one
- बन्धात् · bandhāt
- from bondage
- प्रमुच्यते · pramucyate
- is fully freed
“He who neither dislikes nor longs for anything should be known as ever-renounced. Free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed one, he is easily freed from bondage.”
— Original plain-language translation
Renunciation is redefined here as an inner state rather than outer withdrawal. Freedom from attraction and repulsion is the real sannyasa. Such a person acts in the world yet slips out of its bonds with ease.
— Reader's notes (original)