BG 5.3

ज्ञेयः स नित्यसन्न्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥
jñeyaḥ sa nitya-sannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati
nirdvandvo hi mahā-bāho sukhaṁ bandhāt pramucyate

Word-for-word meanings

saḥ — he [the karma-yogī];  yaḥ — who;  na — never;  dveṣṭi — hates;  na — nor;  kāṅkṣati — desires [anything];  jñeyaḥ — should be understood;  sannyāsī — [as] one established in renunciation;  nitya — at every moment [even in the midst of action];  mahā-bāho — O mighty-armed;  hi — because;  nirdvandvaḥ — the person who is free from duality;  sukham pramucyate — is easily liberated;  bandhāt — from bondage.

Translation

The karma-yogī who never hates nor desires anything should be understood as one established in renunciation at every moment [even in the midst of action], O mighty-armed, because the person who is free from duality is easily liberated from bondage.

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