ज्ञेयः स नित्यसंन्यासी यो न द्वेष्टि न काङ्क्षति ।
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
निर्द्वन्द्वो हि महाबाहो सुखं बन्धात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ३ ॥
jñeyaḥ sa nityasaṃnyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati .
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhātpramucyate .. 3 ..
He should be known as a perpetual renouncer who neither hates nor desires : for, free from the pairs of opposites, O mighty-armed, he is easily set free from bondage.
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The Karma-Yogin who neither hates pain and the objects causing pain, nor desires pleasure and the objects causing pleasure, should be known as a perpetual renouncer (samnyasin), though he is engaged in action.
Sankhya and Yoga lead to the same goal.
(Objection) :—Sannyāsa and Karma-Yoga, which are meant for two distinct classes of people and are opposed to each other, should, properly speaking, be mutually opposed in their results also. They should not, on the other hand, both lead to moksha alike.
(Answer):—The Lord says :