Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 18

Bhagavad Gita 18.49

असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति॥

asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥ naiṣhkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigachchhati

Translation

He whose Reason is everywhere unattached, the self-subdued, dead to desires, he goeth by renunciation to the supreme perfection of freedom from obligation.

What it means

One whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued the self, whose desires have gone, attains by renunciation the supreme perfection of actionlessness. The end of the path is described. Freedom from the need to do arrives only after learning how to do.

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The summit described: unattached everywhere, desire stilled - action complete because nothing drives it.

Something to reflect on

What would be left to do if nothing drove me?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.