यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥
yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ |samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate ||
- यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टः · yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭaḥ
- content with whatever gain comes unsought
- द्वन्द्वातीतः · dvandvātītaḥ
- beyond the pairs of opposites
- विमत्सरः · vimatsaraḥ
- free from envy
- समः · samaḥ
- even, equal
- सिद्धौ · siddhau
- in success
- असिद्धौ · asiddhau
- in failure
- च · ca
- and
- कृत्वा · kṛtvā
- having acted
- अपि · api
- even
- न · na
- not
- निबध्यते · nibadhyate
- is bound
“Content with whatever gain comes unsought, beyond the pairs of opposites, free from envy, even toward success and failure — though acting, one is not bound.”
— Original plain-language translation
Four freedoms sketch the unbound worker: contentment with the unsought, transcendence of dualities, envylessness, and equanimity in outcome. Such a one acts without the friction that weaves bondage. Compare the sthitaprajña portrait of 2.55-58.
— Reader's notes (original)