Bhagavad Gita · Moksha Sannyasa YogaChapter 18, Shloka 49 (18.49)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां सन्न्यासेनाधिगच्छति
॥ 18.49 ॥
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ
naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ sannyāsenādhigacchati
Translation
"One whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has mastered the self and is free from craving, attains through renunciation the supreme perfection of actionlessness (naishkarmya)."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. sarvatra putradārādiṣu āsaktinimitteṣu (asakta = unattached even towards the causes of attachment).
Acharya Ramanuja. paramapuruṣakartṛtvānusandhānena ātmakartṛtve vigataspṛhaḥ — by remembering that the Supreme Person is the doer, one is freed from the craving for one's own doership.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.