Bhagavad Gita 18.49 meaningLetting go — and standing up
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“A free heart that clings to nothing finds the highest peace.”
What it means
“Someone whose mind clings to nothing, who has mastered themselves and is free from craving, reaches the highest freedom from action through letting go.”
The original Sanskrit
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः । नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati
Translations
Literal translation
He whose intellect remains unattached to everything, who has conquered his internal organs and is desireless, attains through monasticism the supreme perfection consisting in the state of one free from duties.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
सर्वत्र आसक्ति रहित बुद्धि वाला वह पुरुष जो स्पृहारहित तथा जितात्मा है, संन्यास के द्वारा परम नैर्ष्कम्य सिद्धि को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
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Keep reading · 18.50“Now learn briefly from me how someone who has reached that perfection reaches the infinite — the highest point of wisdom.”