BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:49

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BHAGAVAD-GITA 18:49

 

asakta-buddhih sarvatra

jitatma vigata-sprhah

naiskarmya-siddhim paramam

sannyasenadhigacchati

 

WORD FOR WORD

 

asakta-buddhih--having unattached intelligence; sarvatra--everywhere;

jita-atma--having control of the mind; vigata-sprhah--without material

desires; naiskarmya-siddhim--the perfection of nonreaction;

paramam--supreme; sannyasena--by the renounced order of life;

adhigacchati--one attains.

 

TRANSLATION

 

One who is self-controlled and unattached and who disregards all

material enjoyments can obtain, by practice of renunciation, the

highest perfect stage of freedom from reaction.

 

PURPORT

 

Real renunciation means that one should always think himself part and

parcel of the Supreme Lord and therefore think that he has no right to

enjoy the results of his work. Since he is part and parcel of the

Supreme Lord, the results of his work must be enjoyed by the Supreme

Lord. This is actually Krsna consciousness. The person acting in Krsna

consciousness is really a sannyasi, one in the renounced order of

life. By such a mentality, one is satisfied because he is actually

acting for the Supreme. Thus he is not attached to anything material;

he becomes accustomed to not taking pleasure in anything beyond the

transcendental happiness derived from the service of the Lord. A

sannyasi is supposed to be free from the reactions of his past

activities, but a person who is in Krsna consciousness automatically

attains this perfection without even accepting the so-called order of

renunciation. This state of mind is called yogarudha, or the

perfectional stage of yoga. As confirmed in the Third Chapter, yas tv

atma-ratir eva syat: one who is satisfied in himself has no fear of

any kind of reaction from his activity.

 

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