4.22 यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते
yadṛcchā
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.
4.24 ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्महविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्। ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना
brahm
Word meanings
brahma—Brahman;arpaṇam—the ladle and other offerings;brahma—Brahman;haviḥ—the oblation;brahma—Brahman;agnau—in the sacrificial fire;brahmaṇā—by that person;hutam—offered;brahma—Brahman;eva—certainly;tena—by that;gantavyam—to be attained;brahma—Brahman;karma—offering;samādhinā—those completely absorbed in God-consciousness
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Brahman-oblation that is to be offered to the Brahman is poured into the Brahman-fire by the Brahman; it is nothing but the Brahman that is to be attained by one whose deep contemplation is the Brahman-action.
For him, the sacrifice itself is the Spirit; the Spirit and the oblation are one; it is the Spirit Itself which is sacrificed in Its own fire, and the man even in action is united with God, since while performing his act, his mind never ceases to be fixed on Him.
Brahman is the instrument to offer with; Brahman is the oblation. By Brahman is the oblation offered into the fire of Brahman; Brahman alone is to be reached by him who meditates on Him in his works.
The ladle is Brahman [Some translate as 'Brahman is the ladle৷৷.,' etc.-Tr.], the oblations is Brahman, the offering is poured by Brahman in the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is to be reached by him who has concentration on Brahman as the objective [As an object to be known and attained. (Some translate brahma-karma-samadhina as, 'by him who sees Brahman in action'.)
Brahman is the oblation; Brahman is the melted butter (ghee); by Brahman is the oblation poured into the fire of Brahman; Brahman verily shall be reached by him who always sees Brahman in action.
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ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 4: Wisdom in Action
jñānakarmasaṃnyāsayoga
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4.23 गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः। यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते
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Word meanings
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.
