Sanskrit
शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः । संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥
śubhāśubhaphalair evaṃ mokṣyase karmabandhanaiḥ sannyāsayogayuktātmā vimukto mām upaiṣyasi
Translation
Thus shalt thou be liberated from the bonds of action, yielding good and evil fruits; thyself harmonised by the yoga of renunciation, thou shalt come unto Me when set free.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The promised result of the wholesale offering verse 27 just described: release from action’s bonds regardless of whether the fruit would have been good or bad (śubhāśubha-phalaiḥ), through what is named specifically here as sannyāsa-yoga, the yoga of renunciation. It’s worth being precise about what’s renounced — not action, which verse 27 just made total, but the ownership claim over its outcome, the same distinction chapter 3 draws between sannyasa as mere abstention and the harder discipline of acting without attachment.
Concepts