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GĪTĀ, TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY, CHAP. IV 953
यदृच्छालाभसंतुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।
समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबद्धयते ॥ २२ ॥ गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः । यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥ २३॥
from all Attachments, performs Actions, which are merely sarira (that is, performed by the Body, or only by the organs of Action), he does not incur sin.
[Some commentators interpret the word 'mrāśraya' in the 20th stanza as one who has no home', that is, a Samnyasin; but that is not correct. The word 'asraya' may be interpreted to mean 'house' or 'home'; but what is meant in the present place is not the 'home' of the person who does the act, but the 'home' in the shape of a motive for the act which he performs; and what is meant is, that there should be no such 'home'; and the same meaning has been made clear in the words 'anasritah karmaphalam' (GI. 6. 1); and the same meaning has also been adopted by Waman Pandit in his Marathi commentary on the Gita known as the Yatharthadipikā. Similarly, the word 'sarira' in the 21st stanza does not mean the Action of begging alms sufficient for the maintenance of the body, etc. The true meaning of the words' kevalam śārīram karma' is consistent with the description contained later on in Chapter V (5. 11) that, "Yogins, that is, Karma-Yogins perform all Actions merely by their organs of Action, without entertaining any Attachment or Desire in their minds". It is true that the organs of Action perform the Action, but as the Mind is equable, the person who performs the Action, does not incur either sin or merit]
(22) The man, who is satisfied with whatever falls to his lot according to fortuitous circumstance, who is free from the pairs of Opposites (such as, happiness and unhappiness etc.), who is devoid of jealousy, and who considers it the same, whether there is success for the Action or not, is not bound by the merit or the sin of Actions, even though he performs (Actions). (23) (He) Who is without Attachment, free (from love and hate), whose Mind is concentrated on Knowledge
