Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyaas Yoga, verse 49
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥
Say itasakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛihaḥ
naiṣhkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigachchhati
Translation
He whose intellect is unattached everywhere, who has subdued his self, from whom desire has fled, he attains the supreme state of freedom from action through renunciation.
Swami Sivananda
He whose intellect remains unattached to everything, who has conquered his internal organs and is desireless, attains through monasticism the supreme perfection consisting of the state of one free from duties.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He whose understanding is unattached on all sides, whose self is controlled, who is free from desires—he attains the supreme perfection transcending all activity through renunciation.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
He, whose mind entertains no attachment to anything, who is self-controlled and is free from craving—he attains, by means of renunciation, the supreme success of actionlessness.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He whose mind is entirely detached, who has conquered himself, and whose desires have vanished, reaches that stage of perfect freedom through his renunciation, where action completes itself and leaves no seed.
Shri Purohit Swami
जिसकी बुद्धि सब जगह आसक्तिरहित है, जिसने शरीरको वशमें कर रखा है, जो स्पृहारहित है, वह मनुष्य सांख्ययोगके द्वारा नैष्कर्म्य-सिद्धिको प्राप्त हो जाता है।
Swami Ramsukhdas
सर्वत्र आसक्ति रहित बुद्धि वाला वह पुरुष जो स्पृहारहित तथा जितात्मा है, संन्यास के द्वारा परम नैर्ष्कम्य सिद्धि को प्राप्त होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.