Bhagavadgita -Radhakrishnan 98

The Bhagavadgita -S. Radhakrishnan

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CHAPTER 2
Samkhya Theory and Yoga Practice


50. buddhiyukto jahati 'ha
ubhe sukrtaduskrte
taskedogaya yujyasva
yogah karmasu kausalam
(50) One who has yoked his intelligence (with the Divine) (or is established in his intelligence) casts away even here
both good and evil. Therefore strive for yoga, yoga is skill in action. He rises to a status higher than the ethical with its distinction of good and evil. He is rid of selfishness and therefore is incapable of evil. According to ., Yoga is evenness of mind in success or failure, possessed by one who is engaged in the performance of his proper duties, while his mind rests in God.[1]

51. karmajam buddhiyukta hi
phalam tyaktva manisinali
jam a bandhavinirnnuktd h
padam gacchanty anamayam

(51) The wise who have united their intelligence (with the Divine) renouncing the fruits which their action yields and freed from the bonds of birth reach the sorrowless state.Even when alive, they are released from the bond of birth and go to the highest state of visnu called moksa or liberation, which is free from all evil. [2]


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References and Context

  1. svadharsndkhyesu karmasu vartamanasya ya siddhyasiddhyoli samatuabuddhir isvararpitacetastaya.Cp. Sridhara, karmajam phalam tyaktva 1eva1am isvararadhanartham eva karma kurvana manisino jnanino bhutva janmarupena bandhena vinirmuktah.
  2. jivanta eva janmabandhavinirmuktah santah padam paramam visnor moksakhyam gacchanty ananayam sarvopadravarahitam S.