Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation: Verse 12
युक्त: कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।
अयुक्त: कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥
yukta: karma-phalaṃ tyaktvā śāntim-āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm
ayukta: kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate – 5.12
Leaving the subjective results (favourable-unfavourable reactions) of actions, the integrated yogi attains well-founded lasting quietude. Instigated by passion, the un-integrated, clings delusionally to results and gets bound thereby.
Chapter 5: Karma Sannyāsa Yoga – Yoga of Inner Renunciation - Verse 12
Ma Gurupriya
How strikingly does Krishna compare and contrast the yogi and the non-yogi! Yogi has only one aim, of freeing himself of the saṅga to the results karmas fetch. For the non-yogi, the desired outcomes bind him with undue elation, and others with depression and distaste. These differing responses become his inseparable associates. This is the binding factor for the non-yogi.
In contrast, the integrated yogi, right beforehand, enriches his mind with evenness and poise, so that he remains free and stable whatever be the results his actions fetch. In fact, he uses every activity to ensure and strengthen his inner poise. He feels nothing like bondage from any action. Such impersonal, flexible, unstainable attitude about activity is the real spiritual enrichment. For gaining fulfillment, the path used – that of karma or jñāna – is immaterial.
