Chapter 18: Moksha-sannyasa-yoga:: Verse 57
चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्पर: ।
बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्त: सततं भव ॥
cetasā sarva-karmāṇi mayi sannyasya mat-para:
buddhi-yogam-upāśritya maccitta: satataṃ bhava – 18.57
Mentally renouncing all actions to Me (the Supreme), regarding Me as the Supreme, let your mind, resorting to buddhi-yoga (anchoring the intelligence in the inmost Reality), abide constantly in Me.
Chapter 18: Moksha-sannyasa-yoga: - Verse 57
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Though Arjuna asked about the essence of sannyāsa and tyāga, Krishna spoke only about tyāga, relinquishment. But here he brings sannyāsa. By offering all actions to their very source, the Supreme, one attains sannyāsa, renunciation, says Krishna.
Sannyāsa means leaving, whatever be the manner of achieving it. By offering all actions to their very source, the performer renounces their ownership and is freed of all the impacts of their results.
The mind will be absorbed in the Supreme only when the intelligence picks up introspection over whatever Krishna has stated and explained. Krishna’s summary revelation is evenness in sukha-duhkhas. All interactions bring sukha and duhkha alone, alternately. So too, all material and metaphysical dualities result only in sukha-duhkhas. Evenness to them makes one win over worldliness (5.19). And the performer gains inner spiritual abidance.
