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Chapter 18
Link:—Now, the Lord while introducing the topic of Sankhyayoga, describes a man who is qualified to practise, Sankhyayoga.
asaktabuddhih sarvatra jitatma vigatasprhah
naiskarmyasiddhhim paramam sannyascnadhigacchati
He, whose intellect is unattached alround, who has subdued - his body, and from whom desire has fled—he, attains the supreme state of non-action, through Sankhyayoga, (the Discipline of Knowledge). 49
Comment:-
Sannyasa (Sankhyayoga), is the means to attain, the supreme state. Now, the Lord describes the three factors in the first half of the verse which enable a man to practise Sankhyayoga (the Discipline of Knowledge).
- Asaktabuddhth sarvatra:- His intellect remains unattached, to incidents, circumstances, things, actions and persons etc.
- Jitatma:- He has conquered his body i.e., he is not overpowered by heedlessness and indolence etc., rather he overpowers these. He performs prescribed duties promptly, and abstains from forbidden actions.
- Vigatasprhah:- He has no subtle desire, even to get the bare necessities of life, such as water, food, clothes and shelter. He is satisfied with, whatsoever, he gets.
It means that a striver, who wants to follow the Discipline of Knowledge (Sankhyayoga), has to renounce his attachment to matter and then he is endowed with, the above-mentioned, three qualities. If he is unattached, his body, senses and mind are subdued, and when these are subdued, he becomes free, from desire. Then, he becomes qualified to practise Sankhyayoga, (The Discipline of Knowledge).
Naiskarmyasiddhim paramam sannyasenadhigacchati:- Such a man, whose intellect is unattached, everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled - he by Sankhyayoga, attains the supreme state viz., God-realization. The reason is, that actions take place in prakrti (matter), not in the self. When a striver - (the self), has not the least attachment for that action, the action or its fruit, does not affect him at all. So the natural state of detachment, and actionlessness, is revealed.
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