Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 49.

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Saturday, October 29, 2022. 06:00. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

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Very important slokam.

Read carefully and  understand  well.

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Slokam-49.

"Asaktabuddhih   sarvatra    jitatma   vigatasprhah,

naiskarmyasiddhim   paramam    sannyasenadhigacchati."

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Translation :1.

Slokam-49.  "One can obtain the results of renunciation simply by self-control and by becoming unattached to material things and disregarding material enjoyments. That is the highest perfectional stage of renunciation." 

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Translation :2. 

rvatra   asakta-buddhih   =  one  who  is  unattached  with  anything  and  with  intelligence;

jitatma  =  and  having  control  of  mind;

vigatasprhah   =   the  seeker  who  have  no  desires;

sannyasena   =   by  the  renounced  order  of  life;

paramam   naiskarmyasiddhim   =   the  supreme,  perfection of non-reaction;

adhigacchati   =   attains.

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Commentary :

Anticipating that the question may arise of how it is practically possible to accept only the positive and reject the negative, 

Lord Krishna responds by stating that one whose mentality is unfettered to anything mundane and material, devoid of attachment. 

Whose mind has conquered the false lure of desires and attraction to the objects of the senses. 

Who is bereft of egotism and is renounced and situated fully in sattva guna the mode of goodness; such a one achieves no reaction to actions, purity of mind and hence absence of activities. 

Although such a one may perform actions in actuality it is non-action because there is no conception as the doer. 

Chapter five slokam 8 has already stated :- 

That one who knows the absolute truth understands that they factually are not the doer and slokam13 states :- 

The self controlled being who renounces all actions in their mind remains tranquil and serene and is considered to be topmost.

Perfection in the form of absolute knowledge is performing propitiation unto the Supreme Lord Krishna or any of His authorised incarnations and expansions as ordained in Vedic scriptures in accordance to ones's own natural propensity. 

Now He presents the resultant rewards with the words :- 

One whose mind is unfettered and free from attachment to anything, 

whose senses are totally subdued and completely under control, 

whose desires and cravings have all evaporated and cease to exist; such a one can reach the Supreme state of perfection. 

This Supreme state is the highest devotion and is flowing and constant like the purifying flow of the celestial river Ganges, 

in the form of constant meditation and continuous remembrance of the divine form, divine qualities, divine sweetness and divine pastimes of the effulgent Supreme Lord.

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Lord Krishna explains that when buddhi or spiritual intelligence is unfettered meaning unattached to desires and rewards and the mind is controlled and senses conquered, with no conceptions of doership, 

established in renunciation even while performing prescribed Vedic activities one attains the supreme serene state of bhakti or exclusive loving devotion unto the Supreme Lord by dhyana or meditation in communion with Him internally as well as propitiation to Him with one's physical body externally such as japa or chanting His divine, 

holy names in ecstasy and promulgating His glories everywhere one goes throughout creation. 

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By the wonderfulness of bhakti the mind and senses are already controlled and conquered quite easily and have surpassed the limits of jnana yoga or facilitating communion with the Supreme Lord by knowledge.

Perfection in renunciation entails relinquishing all desires for rewards thereof which is perfect equanimity. 

Perfection in renunciation of actions is abandoning all actions not connected to the Supreme Lord Krishna.

To be continued 

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