Bhagavad Gita 5.19: meaning and translation
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyasa Yoga. Krishna says
Krishna says that those whose mind rests in sameness (sāmya) have overcome the world of birth (sarga) even here, in this life.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.19
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥
Ihaiva tairjitah sargo yesham samye sthitam manahNirdosham hi samam brahma tasmadbrahmani te sthitah
ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitaṃ manaḥ |nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma tasmādbrahmaṇi te sthitāḥ ||
Our explanation Krishna says that those whose mind rests in sameness (sāmya) have overcome the world of birth (sarga) even here, in this life. Brahman, he says, is free of flaw and the same in all, and so they are established in Brahman.
हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि जिनका मन समता में स्थित है, उन्होंने यहीं, इसी जीवन में, जन्म-मरण के संसार (सर्ग) को जीत लिया है। वे कहते हैं कि ब्रह्म निर्दोष और सब में सम है, इसलिए वे ब्रह्म में स्थित हैं।
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- इह iha · here, in this life (indeclinable) Dictionary: iha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 169, col. 3 “in this place, here; to this place; in this world”
- एव eva · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
- तैः taiḥ · by them (pronoun, instrumental plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “that, this”
- जितः jitaḥ · overcome (past participle, nominative singular) Dictionary: jita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 420, col. 3 “won, acquired, conquered, subdued”
- सर्गः sargaḥ · the world of birth (nominative singular) Dictionary: sarga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1184, col. 1 “emission or creation of matter, primary creation”
- येषाम् yeṣām · whose (relative pronoun, genitive plural) Dictionary: yad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 844, col. 2 “who, which, what, whichever, whatever, that”
- साम्ये sāmye · in sameness (locative singular) Dictionary: sāmya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1207, col. 2 “equality, evenness”
- स्थितम् sthitam · rests (past participle, nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
- मनः manaḥ · mind (nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: manas, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 783, col. 3 “mind (in its widest sense as applied to all the mental powers)”
- निर्दोषम् nirdoṣam · flawless (nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: nir-doṣa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 541, col. 2 “faultless”
- हि hi · for (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 “for, because, on account of”
- समम् samam · the same (in all) (nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: 2. sama, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1152, col. 1 “always the same, constant, unchanged”
- ब्रह्म brahma · Brahman (nominative singular (neuter)) Dictionary: brahman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 738, col. 1 “one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul”
- तस्मात् tasmāt · therefore (indeclinable) Dictionary: tasmāt, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 441, col. 2 “from that, on that account, therefore”
- ब्रह्मणि brahmaṇi · in Brahman (locative singular) Dictionary: brahman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 738, col. 1 “one self-existent impersonal Spirit, the one universal Soul”
- ते te · they (pronoun, nominative plural) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “that, this”
- स्थिताः sthitāḥ · are established (past participle, nominative plural) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
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- Spelling A digital text reads Same letters. The e-text separates तस्माद् ब्रह्मणि with a virama and a space; the 1922 edition joins them (तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि).
Old translations
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 65–66.
Even here, those have conquered the material world, whose mind rests in equability1; since Brahman is free from defects and equable, therefore they rest in Brahman.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - As stated in the preceding words. ↩
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 65–66.
Even here, those have conquered the material world, whose mind rests in equability1; since Brahman is free from defects and equable, therefore they rest in Brahman.
Footnotes (the translator’s own) - As stated in the preceding words. ↩
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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 61–62.
Even here on earth everything is overcome by those of balanced constant Manas; Brahman is incorruptible and balanced; therefore they are established in Brahman.
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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 115.
(Relative) existence has been conquered by them, even in this world, whose mind rests in even-ness, since Brahman is even and without imperfection: therefore they indeed rest in Brahman.
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The translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), pp. 65–66. Bhagavad Gita 5.19.
The translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), pp. 61–62. Bhagavad Gita 5.19.
The translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 115. Bhagavad Gita 5.19.
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What Advaita, Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita teach, in short
Shankara Advaita
Shankara says that even while living, those whose mind rests on the sameness of Brahman in all beings have overcome birth. Brahman appears to the ignorant to be stained by impure bodies, but it is untouched by them and is one and the same everywhere; so those sages rest in Brahman.
Source: The Bhagavad-Gita, with the commentary of Sri Sankaracharya, translated by A. Mahadeva Sastri (2nd ed., Mysore: G. T. A. Printing Works, 1901), commentary on 5.19, pp. 156–158. Summarised in our own words; none of its text is reproduced.
Ramanuja Vishishtadvaita
Ramanuja says “even here” means even while the practice of works goes on. “Brahma” here is the self (ātman), which is the same in all once it is free of the stain of matter. Those whose mind is fixed on this sameness of all selves are, in effect, fixed in the self and have overcome saṃsāra.
Source: Sri Bhagavad-Gita with Sri Ramanujacharya's Visishtadvaita commentary, translated by A. Govindacharya (Madras, 1898), commentary on 5.19, pp. 184–185. Summarised in our own words; none of its text is reproduced.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.19
इहैव तैर्जितः सर्गो येषां साम्ये स्थितं मनः ।
निर्दोषं हि समं ब्रह्म तस्माद्ब्रह्मणि ते स्थिताः ॥
“Even here, those have conquered the material world, whose mind rests in equability; since Brahman is free from defects and equable, therefore they rest in Brahman.”
(K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882), pp. 65–66, public domain)
“Even here on earth everything is overcome by those of balanced constant Manas; Brahman is incorruptible and balanced; therefore they are established in Brahman.”
(Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), pp. 61–62, public domain)
“(Relative) existence has been conquered by them, even in this world, whose mind rests in even-ness, since Brahman is even and without imperfection: therefore they indeed rest in Brahman.”
(Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909), p. 115, public domain)
Sanskrit: G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922.
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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 5 (Karma Sannyasa Yoga).
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- The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
- Translation
- The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Translation
- Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
- Commentary
- The Bhagavad-Gita, with the commentary of Sri Sankaracharya, translated by A. Mahadeva Sastri (2nd ed., Mysore: G. T. A. Printing Works, 1901) (Public-domain scan, University of California Libraries). Summarised in our own words; none of its text is reproduced.
- Commentary
- Sri Bhagavad-Gita with Sri Ramanujacharya's Visishtadvaita commentary, translated by A. Govindacharya (Madras, 1898) (Scan uploaded to archive.org (folkscanomy collection)). Summarised in our own words; none of its text is reproduced.
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- October 25, 2026