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SHRIMAD BHAGVAD GITA-A JA IN PERSPECTIVE
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्ग नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः । कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किश्चित्करोति सः ॥२०॥
"Having renounced attachment to the fruits of action, one who is always contended and free from every type of dependence is not acting even though he remains immersed in action.-20 Note: This is because his actions do not bind him.
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः । शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥२१॥
"One who has no expectations, and who has control over his mind and body and has also renounced every sense of possession and what works is only his body, incurs no sin.” 21
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः । सम: सिद्धावसिद्धो च कृत्वाऽपि न निबध्यते ॥२२॥
One who is content with whatever comes to him without desiring the same and is free from the pairs of opposites and ill- will, remaining even minded in success and failures,
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