Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self: Verse 51
कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिण: ।
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ता: पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥
karmajaṃ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇa:
janma-bandha-vinir-muktā: padaṃ gacchanty-anāmayam – 2.51
The wise, given to reflection and rumination, abandon the usual results of actions, and get freed from the cycle of birth, activity and bondage, to reach the torment-free supreme abode.
Chapter 2: Sānkhya Yoga – Yoga of Contemplation on Self - Verse 51
Ma Gurupriya
Introspect over all activities and find out how they uniformly fetch pleasant and unpleasant outcomes. All that the seeker has to do is cultivate evenness to what is done and whatever subjective effect it fetches. This applies to all actions and their results. What difference can any activity then verily bring about?
Each and all bring the same internal results. And evenness towards them will instil and promote such a strong sense of harmony that all differences will simply dissolve. The mind will become peaceful and harmonious towards all.
Birth itself is the first and last bondage. As the entire course of life follows birth, one should understand that birth itself is the real bondage. The freedom buddhi-yoga and evenness deliver is wholesome, as it puts a stop to the body identity. The ‘I’ becomes a witness to the changes in the body-mind personality.
