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Chapter 18 · Verse 49 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.49

contemplative Attachment & Letting Go Moksha & Liberation Mind & Meditation

Sanskrit

असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति।।18.49।।

Transliteration

asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥ naiṣhkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigachchhati

Word by Word

asakta-buddhiḥ those whose intellect is unattached
sarvatra everywhere
jita-ātmā who have mastered their mind
vigata-spṛihaḥ free from desires
naiṣhkarmya-siddhim state of actionlessness
paramām highest
sanyāsena by the practice of renunciation
adhigachchhati attain
Simplified Perspective

The Supreme Lord reveals the paradox that haunts every seeker: true renunciation is not the abandonment of action, but the abandonment of the doer. When your intellect no longer clings to results, when your mind bows to your own highest self, and when desire evaporates like morning dew—then you realize that all action has already ceased within you, even as the body moves.

This is the freedom Krishna offers: not escape from life, but freedom within it, available to you now through the practice of genuine non-attachment and the mastery of your own restless mind.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.49 — BG 18.49

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