Sanskrit · Devanagari
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥
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yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882Satisfied with earnings coming spontaneously rising above the pairs of opposites free from all animosity and equable on success or ill-success he is not fettered down even though he performs (actions).
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।4.22)यदृच्छालाभसंतुष्टः अप्रार्थितोपनतो लाभो यदृच्छालाभः तेन संतुष्टः संजातालंप्रत्ययः। द्वन्द्वातीतः द्वन्द्वैः शीतोष्णादिभिः हन्यमानोऽपि अविषण्णचित्तः द्वन्द्वातीतः उच्यते। विमत्सरः विगतमत्सरः निर्वैरबुद्धिः समः तुल्यः यदृच्छालाभस्य सिद्धौ असिद्धौ च। यः एवंभूतो यतिः अन्नादेः शरीरस्थितिहेतोः लाभालाभयोः समः हर्षविषादवर्जितः कर्मादौ अकर्मादिदर्शी यथाभूतात्मदर्शननिष्ठः सन् शरीरस्थितिमात्रप्रयोजने भिक्षाटनादिकर्मणि शरीरादिनिर्वर्त्ये नैव किञ्चित् करोम्यहम् गुणा गुणेषु वर्तन्ते (गीता 3.28) इत्येवं सदा संपरिचक्षाणः आत्मनः कर्तृत्वाभावं पश्यन्नैव किञ्चित् भिक्षाटनादिकं कर्म करोति लोकव्यवहारसामान्यदर्शनेन तु लौकिकैः आरोपितकर्तृत्वे भिक्षाटनादौ कर्मणि कर्ता भवति। स्वानुभवेन तु शास्त्रप्रमाणादिजनितेन अकर्तैव। स एवं पराध्यारोपितकर्तृत्वः शरीरस्थितिमात्रप्रयोजनं भिक्षाटनादिकं कर्म कृत्वापि न निबध्यते बन्धहेतोः कर्मणः सहेतुकस्य ज्ञानाग्निना दग्धत्वात् इति उक्तानुवाद एव एषः।।त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गम् (गीता 4.20) इत्यनेन श्लोकेन यः प्रारब्धकर्मा सन् यदा निष्क्रियब्रह्मात्मदर्शनसंपन्नः स्यात् तदा तस्य आत्मनः कर्तृकर्मप्रयोजनाभावदर्शिनः कर्मपरित्यागे प्राप्ते कुतश्चिन्निमित्तात् तदसंभवे सति पूर्ववत् तस्मिन् कर्मणि अभिप्रवृत्तस्य अपि नैव किञ्चित् करोति सः इति कर्माभावः प्रदर्शितः। यस्य एवं कर्माभावो दर्शितः तस्यैव
0a9e6f2893c3…Rāmānuja
4.22 Content with whatever chance may bring for the maintenance of the body; 'rising above the pairs of opposites' means enduring cold, heat and such other experiences until one has completed the practice of Karma Yoga; 'free from ill-will?' i.e., free from ill-will towards others, seeing his own Karma as the cause of his adversity; 'even-minded in success and failure,' i.e., even-minded at success like victory in war, etc., and failure therein - such a person 'is not bound,' i.e., he does not fall into Samsara, though devoted to action without any exclusive practice of Jnana Yoga.
a194e63f8fc6…Swami Sivananda
4.22 यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः content with what comes to him without effort? द्वन्द्वातीतः free from the pairs of,opposites? विमत्सरः free from envy? समः evenminded? सिद्धौ in success? असिद्धौ in failure? च and? कृत्वा acting? अपि even? न not? निबध्यते is bound.Commentary The sage is ite satisfied with what comes to him by chance. In verses IV. 18? 19? 20? 22? 22 and 23 there is only a reiteration of the results of the knowledge of the Self which is beyond action. The sage who identifies himself with the actionless Self is not bound as action and its cause which bind one to the round of birth and death have been burnt in the fire of the knowledge of the Self or BrahmaJnana. Just as a seed burnt in the fire cannot germinate? so also the Karmas or actions burnt by the fire of knowledge of the Self cannot produce future birth.Ordinary people think that the sage is also a doer of actions? an agent? active and therefore bound? when they see him doing actions. This is a mistake. From his own point of view and? in truth? he is not an agent at all. He really does no action at all. He feels and says? I do nothing at all. Nature does or the three alities of Nature do everything.He is not affected by heat and cold? pleasure and pain? success and failure? as he always has a balanced state of mind. He is not attached even to the things which are necessary for the bare maintenance of his body. He experiences neither pleasure nor pain? whether or not he obtains food and the other things which are reired for the maintenance of his body. The reason is that he is resting in his essential nature as ExistenceKnowledgeBliss Absolute (SatchidanandaSvarupa) he is swimming in the ocean of bliss. So he does not care for his body and its needs.
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