18.48 सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत्।सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः
sahajaṃ karma kaunteya sadoṣam
Word meanings
saha-jam—born of one’s nature;karma—duty;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;sa-doṣham—with defects;api—even if;na tyajet—one should not abandon;sarva-ārambhāḥ—all endeavors;hi—indeed;doṣheṇa—with evil;dhūmena—with smoke;agniḥ—fire;iva—as;āvṛitāḥ—veiled
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O son of Kunti! One should not give up their nature-born duty, even if it appears to be defective. For, all beginnings are enveloped by harm, just as fire is by smoke.
The duty that of itself falls to one's lot should not be abandoned, though it may have its defects. All acts are marred by defects, as fire is obscured by smoke.
One should not relinquish one's works, O Arjuna, though it may be imperfect; for, all enterprises are enveloped by imperfections as fire by smoke.
O son of Kunti, one should not give up the duty to which one is born, even though it be faulty. For all undertakings are surrounded with evil, as fire is with smoke.
One should not abandon, O Arjuna, the duty to which one is born, though faulty; for, all undertakings are enveloped by evil, as fire by smoke!
18.50 सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा
siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tath
Word meanings
siddhim—perfection;prāptaḥ—attained;yathā—how;brahma—Brahman;tathā—also;āpnoti—attain;nibodha—hear;me—from me;samāsena—briefly;eva—indeed;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;niṣhṭhā—firmly fixed;jñānasya—of knowledge;yā—which;parā—transcendental
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having attained success, how one attains Brahman—an attainment which is confirmed to be the final beatitude of true knowledge—that you must learn from Me briefly.
I will now state briefly how he, who has reached perfection, finds the Eternal Spirit, the state of Supreme Wisdom.
Learn from me in brief, O Arjuna, how, one who has attained perfection, attains the brahman (or the self), who is the supreme consummation of knowledge.
Understand for certain from Me, in brief indeed, O son of Kunti, that process by which one who has achieved success attains Brahman, which is the supreme consummation of Knowledge.
Learn from Me in brief, O Arjuna, how he who has attained perfection reaches Brahman, that supreme state of knowledge.
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मोक्षसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 18: Free Yourself Through Renunciation
mokṣasaṃnyāsayoga
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18.49 असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति
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Word meanings
asakta-buddhiḥ—those whose intellect is unattached;sarvatra—everywhere;jita-ātmā—who have mastered their mind;vigata-spṛihaḥ—free from desires;naiṣhkarmya-siddhim—state of actionlessness;paramām—highest;sanyāsena—by the practice of renunciation;adhigachchhati—attain
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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He, whose mind entertains no attachment to anything, who is self-controlled and is free from craving—he attains, by means of renunciation, the supreme success of actionlessness.
He whose mind is entirely detached, who has conquered himself, whose desires have vanished, by his renunciation reaches that stage of perfect freedom where action completes itself and leaves no seed.
He whose understanding is on all sides unattached, whose self is conquered, who is free from desires - he attains by renunciation the supreme perfection transcending all activity.
He whose intellect remains unattached to everything, who has conquered his internal organs and is desireless, attains through monasticism the supreme perfection consisting in the state of one free from duties.
He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled,–he by renunciation attains the supreme state of freedom from action.
