Chapter 4, Verse 22
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ. samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate. 4.22.
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- यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः (yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭaḥ)
- content/satisfied with whatever gain comes of its own accord (unsought, by chance)
- द्वन्द्वातीतः (dvandva-atītaḥ)
- one who has gone beyond the pairs of opposites (like pleasure-pain, heat-cold)
- विमत्सरः (vimatsaraḥ)
- free from envy or malice
- समः (samaḥ)
- equal-minded, balanced
- सिद्धौ (siddhau)
- in success
- असिद्धौ (asiddhau)
- in failure
- च (ca)
- and
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā)
- having acted/performed (an action)
- अपि (api)
- even though, although
- न निबध्यते (na nibadhyate)
- is not bound (by the results of action)
Commentary
22. Satisfied with what comes to him by chance, rising above the pairs of opposites, free from envy, equanimous in success and failure, though acting he is not bound.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः (yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭaḥ)
द्वन्द्वातीतः (dvandva-atītaḥ)
विमत्सरः (vimatsaraḥ)
समः (samaḥ)
सिद्धौ (siddhau)
असिद्धौ (asiddhau)
च (ca)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā)
अपि (api)
न निबध्यते (na nibadhyate)
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