असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः ।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ |naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati ||
- असक्तबुद्धिः · asaktabuddhiḥ
- whose mind is unattached everywhere
- सर्वत्र · sarvatra
- in all things
- जितात्मा · jitātmā
- self-mastered
- विगतस्पृहः · vigataspṛhaḥ
- freed from craving
- नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिम् · naiṣkarmyasiddhim
- the perfection of freedom from action's bondage
- परमाम् · paramām
- supreme
- संन्यासेन · saṃnyāsena
- through renunciation (of fruit and ego)
- अधिगच्छति · adhigacchati
- attains
“With mind unattached everywhere, self mastered, craving gone — through renunciation one attains the supreme perfection of freedom from action's bondage.”
— Original plain-language translation
Naiṣkarmya is not idleness but unbinding: acts no longer generate fetters. The three qualifications — detachment, self-mastery, desirelessness — summarize the whole discipline. The next verses trace the path from this state to Brahman-realization.
— Reader's notes (original)