Action with a selfish motive is far
inferior to this Yoga in the form of equanimity. Do seek refuge in this
equipoise of mind. Arjun; for poor and wretched are those who are the cause in
making their actions bear fruit. ………. (49)
Endowed with equanimity, one sheds in
this life both good and evil. Therefore, strive for the practice of this Yoga
of equanimity. Skill in action lies in the practice of this Yoga. ….. (50)
For, wise men possessing equipoise mind
renouncing the fruit of actions and freed from the shackles of birth, attain
the blissful supreme state. ……………… (51)
When your mind will have fully crossed
the mire of delusion, you will then grow indifferent to the enjoyments of this
world and the next that have been heard of as well as to those that are yet to
be heard of. ……. (52)
When your intellect confused by hearing
conflicting statements, will rest steady and undistracted (in meditation) on
God, you will then attain Yoga (everlasting union with God). …………. (53)
Arjun said: Krishna, what are the
characteristics of a God-realized soul, stable of mind and established in
Samadhi (perfect tranquility of mind)? How does the man of stable mind speak,
how does he sit, how does he walk? …….. (54)
Sri Bhagavan said: Arjun, when one
thoroughly casts off all cravings of the mind, and is satisfied in the Self
through the joy of the Self, he is then called stable of mind. ………. (55)
The sage, whose mind remains unperturbed
amid sorrows, whose thirst for pleasures has altogether disappeared, and who is
free from passion, fear and anger, is called stable of mind. ……. (56)
He who is unattached to everything and
meeting with good and evil, neither rejoices nor recoils, has mind is
stable. …………. (57)
When like a tortoise, that draws in its
limbs from all directions, he withdraws all his senses from the sense-objects,
his mind becomes steady. ……. (58)
Sense-objects turn away from him, who
does not enjoy them with his senses; but the taste for them persists. This
relish also disappears in the case of the man of stable mind when he realizes
the Supreme. …….. (59)
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