Chapter 5 · Verse 26 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 5.26
Sanskrit
कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम्। अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम्।।5.26।।
Transliteration
kāma-krodha-viyuktānāṁ yatīnāṁ yata-chetasām abhito brahma-nirvāṇaṁ vartate viditātmanām
In plain words
Your anger and your desperate wanting—they are the bars of your own cage, and they're exhausting you. Krishna says: when you stop fighting so hard to control what you desire and what you hate, something in you becomes still, and in that stillness you finally meet yourself and the peace that was always there. You don't have to earn this by being perfect; you earn it by letting go.
Word by Word
When desire and anger fall away like autumn leaves, the seeker stands naked before their own truth—and in that nakedness, Brahman reveals itself everywhere, as the very ground of being. The mind, once a wild horse, becomes a still mirror reflecting the infinite.
This is not escape from life but arrival at its source, and you can begin this journey right now, in this very moment, by noticing what you truly want beneath all the wanting.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.26 — BG 5.26
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