Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 49

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 49

    असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति।।18.49।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥ naiṣhkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigachchhati

    Translation

    He whose understanding is unattached on all sides, whose self is controlled, who is free from desires—he attains the supreme perfection transcending all activity through renunciation.
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