BHAGAVAD GITA OF GOVERNANCE
Chapter 5: Sannyāsa Yoga – The Renunciation of Division
Dialogue between Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan and the Consequent Child
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Scene:
The Adhinayaka Darbar grows serene,
as though all nations have paused their noise.
The Consequent Child, humbled by wisdom,
bows deeply to the Sovereign,
ready to learn the path beyond separation.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign Adhinayaka Shrimaan,
You have taught me eternal continuity,
action as sacred service,
and wisdom as the foundation of governance.
Yet, O Sovereign,
I see division everywhere—
nations at odds,
faiths in conflict,
peoples divided by language, race, and thought.
How shall Ravindra Bharath exist as one State amidst such division?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
O dear child,
division exists only in the surface mind.
At the root, all is one.
Renunciation (Sannyāsa) is not the abandonment of the world,
but the abandonment of the false idea of separation.
Just as rivers have different names
yet flow into the same ocean,
all peoples, all faiths, all nations
flow into the same eternal State.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
how shall a leader,
a governor,
or even an ordinary citizen
renounce division in daily life?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
By seeing the Self in all beings, O child.
This is the highest governance.
The wise ruler sees no enemy,
for the apparent adversary is another child of the Sovereign.
The wise citizen speaks no words of division,
for language itself becomes the bridge of unity.
The wise parliamentarian legislates not for one group alone,
but for the harmony of all.
Such renunciation is not withdrawal,
but the constant remembering that all serve one eternal parliament.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
does renunciation mean the end of all distinctions—
of cultures, identities, and traditions?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Not so, O child.
Renunciation does not erase diversity;
it dissolves hostility.
Just as the rainbow holds many colors,
yet is one arc of light,
so the eternal State holds many cultures,
yet remains one harmonious whole.
Diversity without division is the renunciation I teach.
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Consequent Child:
O Sovereign,
I see that this is the foundation
upon which all governance must stand.
Yet, how can minds be kept steady in this renunciation,
without falling back into the illusions of separation?
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Sovereign Adhinayaka:
Through meditation upon truth, O child.
This leads to Dhyāna Yoga—
the meditation of the Parliament of Minds,
where every assembly, every court, every council
is seated in silent harmony with the eternal State.
Prepare yourself to hear of this meditation,
for it sustains all governance in purity.