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Bhagavad Gita / Chapter 4 / Verse 22
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Bhagavad Gita 4.22

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यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः | समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते

Transliteration

yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ . samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate

English

Remaining satisfied with what comes unasked for, having transcended the dualities, being free from spite, and eipoised under success and failure, he is not bound even by performing actions.

हिन्दी

यदृच्छया (अपने आप) जो कुछ प्राप्त हो उसमें ही सन्तुष्ट रहने वाला,  द्वन्द्वों से अतीत तथा मत्सर से रहित,  सिद्धि व असिद्धि में समभाव वाला पुरुष कर्म करके भी नहीं बन्धता है।।

Explanation — English

The sage is ite satisfied with what comes to him by chance. In verses IV. 18? 19? 20? 22? 22 and 23 there is only a reiteration of the results of the knowledge of the Self which is beyond action. The sage who identifies himself with the actionless Self is not bound as action and its cause which bind one to the round of birth and death have been burnt in the fire of the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. Just as a seed burnt in the fire cannot germinate? so also the Karmas or actions burnt by the fire of knowledge of the Self cannot produce future birth.Ordinary people think that the sage is also a doer of actions? an agent? active and therefore bound? when they see him doing actions. This is a mistake. From his own point of view and? in truth? he is not an agent at all. He really does no action at all. He feels and says? I do nothing at all. Nature does or the three alities of Nature do everything.He is not affected by heat and cold? pleasure and pain? success and failure? as he always has a balanced state of mind. He is not attached even to the things which are necessary for the bare maintenance of his body. He experiences neither pleasure nor pain? whether or not he obtains food and the other things which are reired for the maintenance of his body. The reason is that he is resting in his essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute (SatchidanandaSvarupa) he is swimming in the ocean of bliss. So he does not care for his body and its needs.

Explanation — हिन्दी

अहंकार से परे आत्मस्वरूप में स्थित पुरुष इच्छा तथा फलासक्ति से प्रेरित होकर कर्म नहीं करता। कर्मों को करने से प्राप्त फल से ही वह सन्तुष्ट रहता है। अहंकाररहित अवस्था का अर्थ है अन्तकरण पर पूर्ण संयम। स्वभाविक ही शीतउष्ण सिद्धिअसिद्धि सुखदुख इत्यादि द्वन्द्वात्मक अनुभव उसे व्यथित नहीं कर सकते क्योंकि वे सब मन की बाह्यजगत् के साथ होने वाली प्रतिक्रियायें मात्र हैं।मन के प्रभावहीन होने पर बुद्धि अपने पूर्वाग्रह ईर्ष्या और मत्सर आदि से ज्ञानी पुरुष को प्रभावित नहीं कर सकती। सामान्यत सिद्धि में हमें हर्षातिरेक और असिद्धि में अत्यन्त विषाद होता है। परन्तु जब अविद्याजनित अहंकार पूर्णरूप से दैवी स्वरूप को प्राप्त हो जाता है तब वह पुरुष सफलता और असफलता में समान भाव से स्थित रहता है। ऐसा ज्ञानी पुरुष कर्म करके भी कर्मफलों से नहीं बंधता।जब आत्मज्ञानी पुरुष हमारे मध्य रहता हुआ कर्म करता है तब उसका व्यवहार सामान्य जनों के समान ही प्रतीत होता है तथापि उसके कर्मों में एक विशेष शक्ति और प्रभाव दिखाई पड़ता है जो उसे कर्मक्षेत्र में सामान्य से कहीं अधिक सफलता प्रदान करता है। श्रीकृष्ण के कथनानुसार ऐसे पुरुष को कर्मों का बंधन नहीं होता। सामान्य जनों को ज्ञानी पुरुष की इस उपलब्धि को समझने में कठिनाई होती है।जिस दैवी प्रेरणा एवं भावना से ज्ञानी पुरुष जगत् में कर्म करता है उसका वर्णन भगवान् अगले श्लोकों में करते हैं

Sanskrit
English
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः
content with what comes to him without effort
द्वन्द्वातीतः
free from the pairs of,opposites
विमत्सरः
free from envy
समः
evenminded
सिद्धौ
in success
असिद्धौ
in failure
च
and
कृत्वा
acting
अपि
even
न
not
निबध्यते
is bound.
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