इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च ।जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम् ॥
indriyārtheṣu vairāgyamanahaṅkāra eva ca |janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiduḥkhadoṣānudarśanam ||
Dispassion toward the objects of the senses, and likewise freedom from ego; keeping in view the flaw of suffering in birth, death, old age and sickness…
Explanation
Krishna is continuing his list of qualities that make up knowledge (jñāna), which he began in the previous verse. Here he names dispassion (vairāgya) toward sense pleasures, absence of ego (ahaṅkāra), and a steady awareness of the pain and limits that come with birth, death, old age and illness. Commentators differ on the last item: some read it as seeing suffering as the flaw in these conditions, others as seeing the flaw and suffering in them. Either way, it is meant to loosen attachment, not to encourage gloom.