लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः | छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः ||५-२५||
labhante brahmanirvāṇamṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ . chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ ||5-25||
Chapter 5 · Verse 25
Karma Sannyasa Yoga
कर्मसंन्यासयोग
In plain words
Sins are destroyed by the performance of Agnihotra (a daily obligatoyr ritual) and other Yajnas (vide notes on verse III. 13) without expectation of their fruits and by other selfless services. The duties vanish by constant meditation on the nondual Brahman.
Translation
5.25 The sages who are free from the pairs of opposites, whose minds are well subdued and who are devoted to the welfare of all beings, become cleansed of all impurities and attain the bliss of the Brahman.
Meaning
Sins are destroyed by the performance of Agnihotra (a daily obligatoyr ritual) and other Yajnas (vide notes on verse III. 13) without expectation of their fruits and by other selfless services. The duties vanish by constant meditation on the nondual Brahman. He never hurts others in thought word and deed and he is devoted to the welfare of all beings as he feels that all beings are but his own Self. (Cf. XII.4)
Word by word
लभन्ते obtain ब्रह्मनिर्वाणम् absolute freedom ऋषयः the Rishis क्षीणकल्मषाः those whose sins are destroyed छिन्नद्वैधाः whose dualities are torn asunder यतात्मानः those who are selfcontrolled सर्वभूतहिते in the welfare of all beings रताः rejoicing.