Sanskrit · Devanagari
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय। सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥
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yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Having recourse to devotion, O Dhanañjaya ! perform actions, casting off (all) attachment, and being equable in success or ill-success (such) equability is called devotion.
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।2.48।। योगस्थः सन् कुरु कर्माणि केवलमीश्वरार्थम् तत्रापि ईश्वरो मे तुष्यतु इति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय। फलतृष्णाशून्येन क्रियमाणे कर्मणि सत्त्वशुद्धिजा ज्ञानप्राप्तिलक्षणा सिद्धिः तद्विपर्ययजा असिद्धिः तयोः सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः अपि समः तुल्यः भूत्वा कुरु कर्माणि। कोऽसौ योगः यत्रस्थः कुरु इति उक्तम् इदमेव तत् सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समत्वं योगः उच्यते।।यत्पुनः समत्वबुद्धियुक्तमीश्वराराधनार्थं कर्मोक्तम् एतस्मात्कर्मणः
6d33b2340fdf…Rāmānuja
2.48 Abandoning the attachment to kingdom, relatives etc., and established in Yoga, engage in war and such other activities. Perform these with eanimity as regards success and failure resulting from victory etc., which are inherent in them. This eanimity with regard to success and failure is called here by the term Yoga, in the expression 'established in Yoga.' Yoga is eanimity of mind which takes the form of evenness in success and failure. Sri Krsna explains why this is repeatedly said:
f18b5fae1ca6…Swami Sivananda
2.48 योगस्थः steadfast in Yoga? कुरु perform? कर्माणि actions? सङ्गम् attachment? त्यक्त्वा having abandoned? धनञ्जय O Dhananjaya? सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः in success and failure? समः the smae? भूत्वा having become? समत्वम् evenness of mind? योगः Yoga? उच्यते is called.Commentary Dwelling in union with the Divine perform actions merely for Gods sake with a balanced mind in success and failure. Eilibrium is Yoga. The attainment of the knowledge of the Self through purity of heart obtained by doing actions without expectation of fruits is success (Siddhi). Failure is the nonattainment of knowledge by doing actions with expectation of fruit. (Cf.III.9IV.14IV.20).
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