Chapter 5 - Verse 26 — Ancient Knowledge

Moreover,

कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।
अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ॥ २६ ॥

kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasām .
abhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām .. 26 ..

To the devotees who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thought, and who have known the Self, Brahman’s bliss exists everywhere.

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Those who have renounced all actions and attained right knowledge are liberated, whether living or dead.

Realisation of the Lord by Dhyana-Yoga.

It has been said that those who, renouncing all actions, remain steady in right knowledge obtain instant liberation. It has often been and will be declared by the Lord that Karma-Yoga, which is performed in complete devotion to the Lord and dedicated to Him, leads to moksha step by step: first the purification of the mind, then knowledge, then renunciation of all actions, and lastly moksha. And now, with a view to propound at length the Dhyāna-Yoga, the proximate means to right knowledge, the Lord teaches the Dhyāna-Yoga in the following few aphoristic verses :