The document summarizes chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita. It outlines the key sections of the chapter which discuss: (1) how karma yoga is equal to but easier than renouncing work, (2) working with detachment through karma yoga, and (3) enlightenment through understanding the three "doers" - the soul, material nature, and the Supersoul. It provides commentary on verses 5.1 through 5.29 and explains concepts like nishkama karma yoga, the three doers, and how fixing one's consciousness on the Supersoul can lead to liberation. Flowcharts and diagrams are included to illustrate the concepts discussed.

1. Compiled by
Dr. Medicherla shyam Sunder Kumar
samc108@gmail.com
BHAGVAD GITA CHAPTER 5, FLOWCHARTS

2. Based on teachings of
Bhagvad gita Study by Bhakti Caitanya Swami

3. Gita -
There is an increase of knowledge.
with knowledge of the soul as distinct from matter,.
Fifth chapter how it should increase up to the level of the Supersoul,
as the person advances in
working in the detached spirit, for liberation,
with good association.
Selfish karma
When one performs
nishkäma karma
yoga on the level of
knowledge of the
soul only, then he
tends to remain
impersonal,
In the sixth chapter the idea that the Supersoul is an expansion of
Krishna will be introduced, and then finally that one should relate
with Krishna through bhakti.
Chapters 2-4
but when his knowledge increases and
he understands how the material world is running,
and that there is a higher controller,as seen in the fifth chapter,
then he develops a consciousness of the Supersoul
Through the practice of nishkäma karma yoga
(Unselfish)
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 1
Kauravas
Bhagvad gita Study by Bhakti Caitanya
Swami

5. Chapter 5 :
Karma Vairagya YogaKarma Vairagya Yoga
KARMA SANYASA YOGAKARMA SANYASA YOGA
{29 Slokas / Verses}
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Swami

6. http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.com/pdf/Bhagvad_Gita_Notes_Complete_Gauranga_priya_prabhu/BGNotes%20v3.1.pdf

7. So virāga or vairāgya is being “apart from emotional coloration.” It is seeing
the world as it is, not as our emotions make it appear to us. We are back to
good old tattvatah, the way things really are. If we make a continued
effort to see things as they are, not as our emotions color them, we
can learn to control our mind. That is what Krishna tells Arjuna.
http://www.theosophical.org/files/resources/selfstudy/Gita.pdf
““ VAIRAGYAVAIRAGYA""
" VI “
is “apart from.”
" RAGA "
“COLOR,”
+
"SAM “
comes from a root
meaning
“join together.”
And colors are always associated with emotions.
We are in the pink when we are happy and
see red when angry.
We are in a blue mood when sad, or
a black mood when despairing, or
a gray mood when depressed.
We are in a brown study when distracted.
We are green with envy or yellow when cowardly,
or purple with rage.
Clairvoyants tell us that when we are overpowered by an emotion, our auras are
flushed with a color corresponding to that emotion.
So then we perceive and respond to the world through that emotional coloration.
Then we are not seeing the world as it is, but as we have colored it with our
emotion.

8. http://livingthebhagavadgita.blogspot.com/2012/04/anger-management-part-i.html

9. His only option is to
follow the ATMA
He needs constant
reminder to stay tuned
to ATMA.
The message of GITA
The man is the conglomerate of BODY( Including senses) + Mind + ATMA (SOUL)
MAN
He will descend to the
level of an ANIMAL
IF HE FOLLOWS ONLY THE
BODY
He is in danger of
being transformed in
to a DEMON
IF HE FOLLOWS ONLY THE
BODY + MIND
IF HE FOLLOWS ONLY THE
ATMA
DEHATMA BUDDHI DAIVATMA BUDDHI

10. This karmayoga has four aspects viz.
This wider concept of karmayoga includes
right action,
right knowledge,
right motivation, and
right goal.
Such a concept of Karmayoga does not clash either with jnana or with sanyasa.
https://sites.google.com/site/harshalas/essentials-of-gitabhashaya-and-gitatatparya
4. Tyaga or offering
the fruits of one’s
activities at the feet
of God i.e.
Bhagavata
phalasamarpana.
karmayoga has four aspects
3. Sanyasa or
motiveless ness
( I AM NOT THE DOER)
in one’s
undertakings i.e.
sankalpa sanyasa,
and eschewing
raga, dvesa etc.
wrong emotions
2. Jnana or
acquiring
right knowledge
though
sravana, manana
etc.
1. Karmanusthana
or performance of
prescribed duties.

11. http://prasanayoga.com/blog/an-academic-comparison-of-the-bhagavad-gita-and-the-yoga-sutras/
Chapter five alone offers 23 SADHANAS (Practices), including:

12. Gita - Chapter 5 Outline of sections:
A. Nishkama
Karma Yoga is
Equal to but
Easier than
Renouncing
Work
(5.1-6)(5.1-6)
B. Working with
Detachment —
Performance of
Nishkama
Karma Yoga
(5.7-12)(5.7-12)
C. Enlightenment
Through Knowing
the Three Doers
in Perspective
(Soul, Material
Nature and
Supersoul)
(5.13-16)(5.13-16)
D. Liberation
Through
Focussing One’s
Consciousness
on the Supersoul
(5.17-26)
E.
Preliminary —
Liberation
through
Ashtanga-
yoga
(5.27-28)(5.27-28)
F.
The Peace
Formula
(5.29)
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Swami
1-Arjuna again
asks whether
renouncing
work is
superior to
working with
detachment

Krishna replies
Both are equal
in the sense
that both are
means to the
same goal
Emphasizes
working wit
h detachment
as easier and
superior(5.1-6)(5.1-6)
A-One
performing
Niskama karma
yoga identifies
a-Neither with
his body
b-Nor the
activities that
his body
performs
B-By his
detached
actions, he is
freed from the
reactions of his
activities
(5.7-12)(5.7-12)
The living being
(Doer No. 1) who
knows that all
bodily activities
are automatically
carried out
by the modes of
material nature
(Doer No. 2), after
those activities
are sanctioned by
the Supersoul
(Doer No. 3),
attains
enlightenment
thorough that
knowledge
(5.13-16)(5.13-16)
One who, in
knowledge,
devotionally
fixes his
consciousness
on the Supersoul
and remains
materially
equipoised,
attains liberation
in the near future
(5.17-26)
Practice of
Astanga
yoga
gives the
same
liberationga-
yoga
(5.27-28)(5.27-28)
A person in
full
consciousn
ess of
Krishna
attains
liberation
from the
pangs of
material
miseries
(5.29)

13. 5.15.1. Arjuna repeats the same question of the beginning of chapter 3.
He wants to know which of the two processes is more beneficial, not better.
5.25.2. Lord Krishna answers by saying that karma yoga (which Prabhupada then
translates as devotional service) is better.
5.35.3. This explains how beneficial karma yoga is.
5.45.4. Krishna now says that there is no real difference between them.
But of course the question is which is easier.
5.55.5. A further clatification of vs 5.4.
Through each one can achieve the same goal.
5.65.6. Here Lord Krishna is clearly recommending the process of karma yoga or
devotional service.
It is so much easier for a person who is entangled (Rajasic & Tamasic),
because they need to engage their bodies and minds.
Gita - Chapter 5 Outline of sections:
A. Nishkama
Karma Yoga is
Equal to but
Easier than
Renouncing
Work
(5.1-6)
B. Working with
Detachment —
Performance of
Nishkama
Karma Yoga
(5.7-12)
C. Enlightenment
Through Knowing
the Three Doers
in Perspective
(Soul, Material
Nature and
Supersoul)
(5.13-16)
D. Liberation
Through
Focussing One’s
Consciousness
on the Supersoul
(5.17-26)
E.
Preliminary —
Liberation
through
Ashtanga-
yoga
(5.27-28)
F.
The Peace
Formula
(5.29)
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Swami

14. http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.com/pdf/Bhagvad_Gita_Notes_Complete_Gauranga_priya_prabhu/BGNotes%20v3.1.pdf

15. LIFESTYLE
When Self-knowledge is gained, one discovers that he is akartā, abhoktā and hence asaṃsārī.
Thus, the renunciation of body-identification is true sannyāsa which
is called jñānakarma-sannyāsa. This sannyāsa can coexist with active
life because it is mental renunciation.
secluded life
āśrama-sannyāsa
[sānkhya, in this chapter]
But āśrama-sannyāsa cannot co-
exist with active life because it is
physical renunciation.
active life
karma-yoga
[yoga, in this chapter]
In both the lifestyles, one is identified with the equipments.
He is a kartHe is a kartāā, and hence a sa, and hence a saṃṃssāārrīī..
This shows that lifestyle itself cannot give liberation.
Kṛṣṇa is advising Arjuna to remain in the
society and attain the goal of jñānakarma-
sannyāsa. But Arjuna mistakes the sannyāsa
as āśrama-sannyāsa and sees contradiction in
Kṛṣṇa’s teaching.)

16. 1. (5.7-9) A pure soul doesn’t become
entangled because, although he’s working,
he fixes his mind on Krishna.in Chapter 3, as
Chapter 3 is more establishing the principle
of karma yoga as being a good principle and
recommending that it be practiced, But
Chapter 5 is talking about the practice and
results of advanced karma yoga or even
bhakti yoga.)
5.8-9. This is the condition of a person who
is performing nishkama karma yoga. He is
doing his duty, and, as stated in 3.27, he
knows that it is the modes which are acting,
not him
22. (5.10-12)(5.10-12) One who does his duty in this
way, for Krishna, becomes peaceful,
whereas those who are after enjoying the
fruits of their work become entangled.
5.105.10. This is the devotee’s/nishkama karma
yogi’s result. He is unaffected by reactions.
Nice example of the lotus on water.
5.115.11. The yogi is always acting for
purification only.
5.12.5.12. So the devotee advances nicely and
becomes liberated, whereas the materialist
becomes more and more entangled.
Gita - Chapter 5 Outline of sections:
A. Nishkama
Karma Yoga is
Equal to but
Easier than
Renouncing
Work
(5.1-6)(5.1-6)
B. Working with
Detachment —
Performance of
Nishkama
Karma Yoga
(5.7-12)(5.7-12)
C. Enlightenment
Through Knowing
the Three Doers
in Perspective
(Soul, Material
Nature and
Supersoul)
(5.13-16)(5.13-16)
D. Liberation
Through
Focussing One’s
Consciousness
on the Supersoul
(5.17-26)(5.17-26)
E.
Preliminary —
Liberation
through
Ashtanga-
yoga
(5.27-28)(5.27-28)
F. The Peace
Formula
(5.29)(5.29)
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Swami

17. 5.165.16. The result of understanding all this (including about the Supersoul’s place in the whole picture) is
that one becomes nicely enlightened about how things are working within this world.
The person who knows that his activities are being carried out by the material nature after being
sanctioned by the Supersoul attains enlightenment through that knowledge. This is an elaboration on
the principle briefly mentioned in 3.27.3.27.
5.135.13. The happy condition of the devotee/ni k€ma karma yogi. He is not the cause of his
activities, and so is unaffected by them.
5.145.14. The modes are doing everything, not the soul.
Soul does not:
create activities
induce others to act
create the fruits of action
5.155.15. The Supreme Lord is not responsible either (This means the Supersoul, as He is referred to as
vibhuh, or one who is controlling this world).
Gita - Chapter 5 Outline of sections:
A. Nishkama
Karma Yoga is
Equal to but
Easier than
Renouncing
Work
(5.1-6)(5.1-6)
B. Working
with
Detachment —
Performance of
Nishkama
Karma Yoga
(5.7-12)(5.7-12)
C. Enlightenment
Through
Knowing the
Three Doers in
Perspective (Soul,
Material Nature
and Supersoul)
(5.13-16)(5.13-16)
D. Liberation
Through
Focussing One’s
Consciousness
on the Supersoul
(5.17-26)
E.
Preliminary —
Liberation
through
Ashtanga-
yoga
(5.27-28)
F. The Peace
Formula
(5.29)(5.29)
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Swami

18. THE ENLIGHTENED SELF [5.13].
http://srimadbhagvatgita.blogspot.com/2013/07/bhagavad-gita-chapter-5-karma-sannyaasa.html
•Nitya Karma -
Obligatory duties
such as daily
prayers.
•Actions to be
performed on
special occasions
such as on birth of a
child
•Works intended for
securing special
ends such as for
curing illness etc.
•Actions forbidden
by scriptures like
stealing and other
crimes.

19. 5.245.24. This is the higher taste of 2.59.
Experienced through working in relation to the
Supersoul.
This is why it is possible for him to be so tolerant.
5.265.26. To achieve the state being described in
5.23-5.255.23-5.25 it will take time. But here Krishna is
encouraging us to keep going.
We can reach it in “the very near future.”
How is it going to happen in the near future if it
is so hard?.
11-Fixing his consciousness on the Lord, the person who has
learned the above knowledge sees all living beings equally.
Knowing material delights to be temporary he doesn’t delight
in them. (5.17-235.17-23) (Knowledge is not enough. One needs to
take shelter of the Supreme to be liberated.)
* Essentially the person described between 5. 17 & 265. 17 & 26
is on the advanced platform of buddhi yoga, is in knowledge
of the Supersoul, and is more or less liberated.
5.175.17. “tad buddhayas” “tad atmanas.” The “tat” is the
Supersoul referred to in verse 15.
5.185.18.here sees such equality because he sees all the other
entities in relation to the Supersoul. This “true knowledge”
is the knowledge of everything in relation to the Supersoul.
5.19-205.19-20.. So this is also describing the person who is
seeing the Supersoul or K Ša.
(5.20) But our gurus say that this applies also
to practising devotees. We should try for this.
5.215.21. Same.
5.225.22. Nice point about sense gratification.
BaladevaVidyabh™ ana says that a nectar-
drinker is not interested in eating mud
5.235.23. So we really have to learn to be tolerant. At least we
should become that tolerant before we die.
And how do we achieve it? Through fixing our
minds on the Supersoul.
22-Tolerating and checking bodily and mental
urges, his happiness, activities and goals are
within. He is sinless, works for the welfare of
all. He is absorbed in trying for the Supreme,
and soon he will reach It.
(5.24-26)(5.24-26)
Gita - Chapter 5 Outline of sections:
A. Nishkama Karma
Yoga is Equal to but
Easier than
Renouncing Work
(5.1-6)(5.1-6)
B. Working with
Detachment —
Performance of
Nishkama Karma Yoga
(5.7-12)(5.7-12)
C. Enlightenment
Through Knowing the
Three Doers in
Perspective (Soul,
Material Nature and
Supersoul) (5.13-16)(5.13-16)
D. Liberation
Through
Focussing One’s
Consciousness
on the Supersoul
(5.17-26)(5.17-26)
E. Preliminary —
Liberation
through
Ashtanga-yoga
(5.27-28)(5.27-28)
F. The
Peace
Formula
(5.29)(5.29)
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Swami

20. E. (5.27-28)(5.27-28)
This is the essence of Astanga yoga
Shutting out all thoughts of external enjoyment, with the gaze fixed on
the space between the eye-brows, equalizing the flow of the incoming
and outgoing breath in the nostrils, and thus controlling the senses,
mind, and intellect, the sage who becomes free from desire and fear,
always lives in freedom.
Gita - Chapter 5 Outline of sections:
A. Nishkama
Karma Yoga is
Equal to but
Easier than
Renouncing
Work
(5.1-6)
B. Working
with
Detachment —
Performance
of Nishkama
Karma Yoga
(5.7-12)
C. Enlightenment
Through Knowing
the Three Doers
in Perspective
(Soul, Material
Nature and
Supersoul)
(5.13-16
D. Liberation
Through
Focussing One’s
Consciousness
on the Supersoul
(5.17-26)
E.
Preliminary —
Liberation
through
Ashtanga-yoga
(5.27-28)
F. The
Peace
Formula
(5.29)
F. The Peace Formula (5.29)
Having realized me as the enjoyer of all sacrifices and
austerities, the Supreme Lord of all the worlds and the selfless
Friend of all living beings, my devotee attains peace.
5.295.29. Important verse.
indicate that this is verse no. 100,000 from
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21. We must bear in mind that Karma is the product of the "eleven senses," so that if we conquer all the senses we
shall stop Karma. This the Yogi proceeds to do by training his mental faculties to be conscious of nothing else but
Jiva (consciousness). Thus even mental activity is not permitted. The training is consummated in eight stages.

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27. OM SHANTI
OM SHANTI
OM SHANTI
Om- let all the deficiencies of this book go away
Tat- let this give Bhagavan great happiness
Sat- let this give true lasting benefits