Chapter 4, Verse 22
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यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
Transliteration
yadṛichchhā-lābha-santuṣhṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau cha kṛitvāpi na nibadhyate
Word Meanings
yadṛichchhā—which comes of its own accord; lābha—gain; santuṣhṭaḥ—contented; dvandva—duality; atītaḥ—surpassed; vimatsaraḥ—free from envy; samaḥ—equipoised; siddhau—in success; asiddhau—failure; cha—and; kṛitvā—performing; api—even; na—never; nibadhyate—is bound
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Translations
In English by Swami Adidevananda
Content with what chance may bring, rising above the pairs of opposites, free from ill-will, even-minded in success and failure, he acts, yet is not bound.
In English by Swami Sivananda
Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, even-minded in success and failure, he acts yet is not bound.
In Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdas
।।4.22।। जो (कर्मयोगी) फल की इच्छा के बिना, अपने-आप जो कुछ मिल जाय, उसमें सन्तुष्ट रहता है और जो ईर्ष्यासे रहित, द्वन्द्वोंसे अतीत तथा सिद्धि और असिद्धिमें सम है, वह कर्म करते हुए भी उससे नहीं बँधता।
In English by 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.
In Hindi by Swami Ramsukhdas
4.22।। व्याख्या--'यदृच्छालाभसंतुष्टः'--कर्मयोगी निष्कामभावपूर्वक साङ्गोपाङ्ग रीतिसे सम्पूर्ण कर्तव्य-कर्म करता है। फल-प्राप्तिका उद्देश्य न रखकर कर्म करनेपर फलके रूपमें उसे अनुकूलता या प्रतिकूलता, लाभ या हानि, मान या अपमान, स्तुति या निन्दा आदि जो कुछ मिलता है, उससे उसके अन्तःकरणमें कोई असन्तोष पैदा नहीं होता। जैसे, वह व्यापार करता है तो उसे व्यापारमें लाभ हो अथवा हानि उसके अन्तःकरणपर उसका कोई असर नहीं पड़ता। वह हरेक परिस्थितिमें समानरूपसे सन्तुष्ट रहता है; क्योंकि उसके मनमें फलकी इच्छा नहीं होती। तात्पर्य यह है कि व्यापारमें उसे लाभ-हानिका ज्ञान तो होता है तथा वह उसके अनुसार यथोचित चेष्टा भी करता है, पर परिणाममें वह सुखी-दुःखी नहीं होता। यदि साधकके अन्तःकरणपर अनुकूलता-प्रतिकूलताका थोड़ा असर पड़ भी जाय, तो भी उसे घबराना नहीं चाहिये; क्योंकि साधकके अन्तःकरणमें वह प्रभाव स्थायी नहीं रहता, शीघ्र मिट जाता है।उपर्युक्त पदोंमें आया 'लाभ' शब्द प्राप्तिके अर्थमें है, जिसके अनुसार केवल लाभ या अनुकूलताका मिलना ही 'लाभ' नहीं है, प्रत्युत लाभ-हानि, अनुकूलता-प्रतिकूलता आदि जो कुछ प्राप्त हो जाय, वह सब 'लाभ' ही है। 'विमत्सरः'--कर्मयोगी सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके साथ अपनी एकता मानता है--'सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा' (गीता 5। 7)। इसलिये उसका किसी भी प्राणीसे किञ्चिन्मात्र भी ईर्ष्याका भाव नहीं रहता।'विमत्सरः' पद अलगसे देनेका भाव यह है कि अपनेमें किसी प्राणीके प्रति किञ्चिन्मात्र भी ईर्ष्याका भाव न आ जाय, इस विषयमें कर्मयोगी बहुत सावधान रहता है। कारण कि कर्मयोगीकी सम्पूर्ण क्रियाएँ प्राणिमात्रके हितके लिये ही होती हैं; अतः यदि उसमें किञ्चिन्मात्र भी ईर्ष्याका भाव होगा, तो उसकी सम्पूर्ण क्रियाएँ दूसरोंके हितके लिये नहीं हो सकेंगी।