Chapter 18, Verse 49
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः। नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति।।18.49।।
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ. naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati.।18.49।।
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- असक्तबुद्धिः
- he whose intellect is unattached
- सर्वत्र
- everywhere (in all situations)
- जितात्मा
- one who has conquered the self (self-controlled)
- विगतस्पृहः
- free from desire/longing
- नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं
- the perfection of actionlessness (freedom from the bondage of action)
- परमां
- supreme, highest
- संन्यासेन
- through renunciation
- अधिगच्छति
- attains, reaches
Commentary
4g. He whose reason is not attached any- where, whose self is subdued, from whom desire has fled, he by renunciation attains the supreme state of freedom from action.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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असक्तबुद्धिः
सर्वत्र
जितात्मा
विगतस्पृहः
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं
परमां
संन्यासेन
अधिगच्छति
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