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na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṃ puruṣo.aśnute . na ca saṃnyasanādeva siddhiṃ samadhigacchati
一個人不會因不行動而獲得免於行動的自由；他也不會僅僅透過捨棄而獲得圓滿。
A person does not attain freedom from action by abstaining from action; nor does he attain fulfilment merely through renunciation.
無行動性（Naishkarmyam）與圓滿（Siddhi）是同義詞。達到圓滿或無行動狀態的聖者，安住於其本質自性，即存在-知識-至福的絕對（Satchidananda Svarupa）。他既不需要也不渴望將行動作為達到目的的手段。他在自性中獲得完全的滿足。一個人透過獲得自性知識來達到無行動的狀態。如果一個人只是單純地放棄行動而靜坐，你不能說他達到了無行動的狀態。他的心靈會不斷地策劃、圖謀和推測。思想才是真正的行動。一個擺脫了肯定性思想、願望、好惡，並擁有自性知識的聖者，才能被稱為達到了無行動的狀態。沒有人能僅僅透過捨棄或單純放棄活動而未擁有自性知識，就能達到圓滿、免於行動或自性知識。（參見第十八章第49節）。
Actionlessness (Naishkarmyam) and perfection (Siddhi) are synonymous. The sage who has attained to perfection or reached the state of actionlessness rests in his own essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute (Satchidananda Svarupa). He has neither necessity nor desire for action as a means to an end. He has perfect satisfaction in the Self.One attains to the state of actionlessness by gaining the knowledge of the Self. If a man simply sits iet by abandoning action you cannot say that he has attained to the state of actionlessness. His mind will be planning? scheming and speculating. Thought is real action. The sage who is free from affirmative thoughts? wishes? and likes and dislikes? who has the knowledge of the Self can be said to have attained to the state of actionlessness.No one can reach perfection or freedom from action or knowledge of the Self by mere renunciation or by simply giving up activities without possessing the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.XVIII.49).