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Shubhashubha-phalair Evam

Gita 9.28 Bhagavad Gita
📖 Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9 — Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga
शुभाशुभफलैरेवं मोक्ष्यसे कर्मबन्धनैः ।
संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि ॥
Shubhashubha-phalair evam mokshyase karma-bandhanaih
Sannyasa-yoga-yuktatma vimukto mam upaishyasi
शुभाशुभफलैः
from results both good and bad
एवम्
in this way
मोक्ष्यसे
you shall be freed
कर्मबन्धनैः
from the bonds of karma
संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा
with a mind united through the yoga of renunciation
विमुक्तः
fully liberated
माम् उपैष्यसि
you shall reach me

Krishna reveals the result of 9.27. When every action is offered to the divine, neither its good nor its bad result can bind you. The chain of karma snaps — because there is no personal claim on the outcome.

The word 'sannyasa' here does not mean putting on ochre robes and walking away. It means releasing your grip on results. A person can live at home, go to work, raise children — and still be a sannyasi in spirit, if the fruits are surrendered.

This is the liberation Krishna promises: not escape from the world, but freedom within it. 'Vimuktah' — fully free. 'Mam upaishyasi' — and you will come to me.

This shloka carries forward the teaching of Gita 3.9: 'Yajnarthat karmano anyatra loko ayam karma-bandhanah' — action binds when it is done for personal gain. Offering dissolves that bond.

The tradition has long held that sannyasa-yoga is available to householders. One does not need to leave home. The inner offering — the bhava — is what matters.

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