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Bhagavad Gita 18.49

असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति।।

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

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
asakta-buddhiḥasakta-buddhiḥthose whose intellect is unattached
sarvatrasarvatraeverywhere
jita-ātmājita-ātmāwho have mastered their mind
vigata-spṛihaḥvigata-spṛihaḥfree from desires
naiṣhkarmya-siddhimnaiṣhkarmya-siddhimstate of actionlessness
paramāmparamāmhighest
sanyāsenasanyāsenaby the practice of renunciation
adhigachchhatiadhigachchhatiattain

He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled, he attains the supreme state of freedom from action through renunciation.

सर्वत्र आसक्ति रहित बुद्धि वाला वह पुरुष जो स्पृहारहित तथा जितात्मा है, संन्यास के द्वारा परम नैर्ष्कम्य सिद्धि को प्राप्त होता है।।