Mahabharata · Chapter 6.29
sannyāsaṃ karmaṇāṃ kṛṣṇa kapunaryogaṃ ca śaṃsasi /
yacchreya etayorekaṃ tanme brūhi suniścitam //
śrībhagavānuvāca /
sannyāsaḥ karmayogaśca niḥśreyasakarāvubhau /
tayostu karmasannyāsātkarmayogo viśiṣyate //
jñeyaḥ sa nityasannyāsī yo na dveṣṭi na kāṅkṣati /
nirdvandvo hi mahābāho sukhaṃ bandhātpramucyate //
sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ /
ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyagubhayorvindate phalam //
yatsāṅkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṃ tadyogairapi gamyate /
ekaṃ sāṅkhyaṃ ca yogaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati sa paśyati //
sannyāsastu mahābāho duḥkhamāptumayogataḥ /
yogayukto munirbrahma nacireṇādhigacchati //
yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ /
sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate //
naiva kiñcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit /
paśyañśṛṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśrangacchansvapanśvasan //
pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannṛnmiṣannimiṣannapi /
indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan //
brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ /
lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā //
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi /
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye //
yuktaḥ karmaphalaṃ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm /
ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate //
sarvakarmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṃ vaśī /
navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvanna kārayan //
na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ /
na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvastu pravartate //
nādatte kasya citpāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ /
ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ //
jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ /
teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam //
tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ /
gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ //
vidyāvinayasampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini /
śuni caiva śvapāke ca paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ //
ihaiva tairjitaḥ sargo yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitaṃ manaḥ /
nirdoṣaṃ hi samaṃ brahma tasmādbrahmaṇi te sthitāḥ //
na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ vyāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam /
sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavidbrahmaṇi sthitaḥ //
bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham /
sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayyamaśrute //
ye hi saṃsparśajā bhogā duḥkhayonaya eva te /
ādyantavantaḥ kaunteya na teṣu ramate budhaḥ //
śaknotīhaiva yaḥ soḍhuṃ prākśarīravimokṣaṇāt /
kāmakrodhodbhavaṃ vegaṃ sa yuktaḥ sa sukhī naraḥ //
yo'ntaḥsukho'ntarārāmastathāntarjyotireva yaḥ /
sa yogī brahmanirvāṇaṃ brahmabhūto'dhigacchati //
labhante brahmanirvāṇamṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ /
chinnadvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarvabhūtahite ratāḥ //
kāmakrodhaviyuktānāṃ yatīnāṃ yatacetasām /
abhito brahmanirvāṇaṃ vartate viditātmanām //
sparśānkṛtvā bahirbāhyāṃścakṣuścaivāntare bhruvoḥ /
prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau //
yatendriyamanobuddhirmunirmokṣaparāyaṇaḥ / vigatecchābhayakrodho yaḥ sadā mukta eva saḥ /
bhoktāraṃ yajñatapasāṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram /
suhṛdaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ jñātvā māṃ śāntimṛcchati //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0