Chapter 4 · Verse 22 · Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 4.22
Sanskrit
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः। समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते।।4.22।।
Transliteration
yadṛichchhā-lābha-santuṣhṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau cha kṛitvāpi na nibadhyate
In plain words
You are exhausted from trying to control what you cannot control—the outcome of your marriage, whether your ex returns, whether the debt comes back, whether the surgery heals you, whether you'll conceive, whether you're doing enough for your child. Krishna says: do what is yours to do, with all your heart, then release your grip on what happens next. The peace you're looking for isn't on the other side of success—it's in the act itself, when you stop measuring yourself against what you hoped would happen.
Word by Word
This verse reveals the portrait of a soul liberated while still in action—one who has transcended the tyranny of results and the poison of comparison. The wise person stands unmoved by success or failure, freed from the endless craving that binds ordinary hearts to their deeds.
When you perform your duties without claiming ownership of outcomes, without measuring yourself against others, you discover that action itself becomes a doorway to freedom rather than a cage. In modern life, this means doing your work with full integrity while releasing your grip on whether it succeeds or fails—a radical peace that transforms both your labor and your inner life.
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Bhagavad Gita 4.22 — BG 4.22
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