Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]"The seers whose impurities are destroyed, whose doubts are cut, who are self-controlled, who are devoted to the welfare of all beings — they attain brahma-nirvāṇa."
BG 5.25
लभन्ते ब्रह्मनिर्वाणमृषयः क्षीणकल्मषाः। छिन्नद्वैधा यतात्मानः सर्वभूतहिते रताः॥५-२५॥
labhante brahma-nirvāṇam ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇa-kalmaṣāḥ | chinna-dvaidhā yatātmānaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite ratāḥ || 5.25 ||
"Seers with sins destroyed, doubts cut, self-controlled, devoted to all beings' welfare — they attain brahma-nirvāṇa."
All public-domain translations
6 translations · all pre-1928 or released to public domain · sources
Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]"The seers whose sins have been destroyed, whose doubts have been dispelled, who are self-controlled and who are engaged in doing good to all creatures, obtain the Brahmic bliss."
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]"The holy men whose sins are destroyed, whose doubts are gone, who are self-ruled, who are bent on the welfare of all beings, gain the peace of the ETERNAL."
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]"The seers who are freed from passion, fear, and anger, whose thoughts are fixed on Me, who find refuge in Me — many purified by knowledge and penance have come to My nature."
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]"Seers whose sins are done away, whose doubts are gone, whose hearts are disciplined, who take all good of all — for those there is the bliss of Brahman."
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]"The seers, with their sins destroyed, their doubts removed, self-restrained, and engaged in doing good to all beings, attain the Brahmic bliss."