4.21 निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः। शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्
nirāśīr
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nirāśhīḥ—free from expectations;yata—controlled;chitta-ātmā—mind and intellect;tyakta—having abandoned;sarva—all;parigrahaḥ—the sense of ownership;śhārīram—bodily;kevalam—only;karma—actions;kurvan—performing;na—never;āpnoti—incurs;kilbiṣham—sin
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having rid of cravings, controlling the mind and body, abandoning all sense of possession, and performing actions with the body alone, one does not incur any sin.
Expecting nothing, his mind and personality controlled, without greed, doing bodily actions only; though he acts, yet he remains untainted.
Free from desire, his intellect and mind controlled, giving up all possessions, and doing bodily work only, he is not subject to evil:
One who is without solicitation, who has the mind and organs under control, (and) is totally without possessions, he incurs no sin by performing actions merely for the (maintenance of the) body.
Without hope and with the mind and the self controlled, having abandoned all greed, doing mere bodily action, he incurs no sin.
4.23 गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः। यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते
gata
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gata-saṅgasya—free from material attachments;muktasya—of the liberated;jñāna-avasthita—established in divine knowledge;chetasaḥ—whose intellect;yajñāya—as a sacrifice (to God);ācharataḥ—performing;karma—action;samagram—completely;pravilīyate—are freed
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The action is completely dissolved in the case of the person who undertakes it for the sake of sacrifice; who is free from attachment and has been liberated; and whose mind is fixed in wisdom.
He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, his actions, being done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind.
Of one whose attachments are gone, who is free, whose mind is established in knowledge, who works only for sacrifices, his Karma is entirely dissolved.
Of the liberated person who has got rid of attachment, whose mind is fixed in Knowledge, actions undertaken for a sacrifice get totally destroyed.
To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledge, who works for the sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the whole action is dissolved.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.22 यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते
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Word meanings
yadṛichchhā—which comes of its own accord;lābha—gain;santuṣhṭaḥ—contented;dvandva—duality;atītaḥ—surpassed;vimatsaraḥ—free from envy;samaḥ—equipoised;siddhau—in success;asiddhau—failure;cha—and;kṛitvā—performing;api—even;na—never;nibadhyate—is bound
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Remaining content with the gain brought by chance, transcending the dualities (pairs of opposites), entertaining no jealousy, and remaining equal in success and in failure, he does not get bound, even when he acts.
Content with what comes to him without effort of his own, mounting above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, his mind balanced both in success and failure; though he acts, yet the consequences do not bind him.
Content with what chance may bring, rising above the pairs of opposites, free from ill-will, even-minded in success and failure, though he acts, he is not bound.
Remaining satisfied with what comes unasked for, having transcended the dualities, being free from spite, and equipoised under success and failure, he is not bound even by performing actions.
Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, even-minded in success and failure, though acting, he is not bound.
