Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 4.22
Gita Bhashya (Sri Ramanujacharya) 4.22 · 4 · Verse 22
Sanskrit Original
।।4.22।।यदृच्छोपनतशरीरधारणहेतुवस्तुसन्तुष्टः द्वन्द्वातीतः यावत्साधनसमाप्त्यवर्जनीयशीतोष्णादिसहः विमत्सरः अनिष्टोपनिपातहेतुभूतस्वकर्मनिरूपेण परेषु विगतमत्सरः समः सिद्धौ असिद्धौ च युद्वादिकर्मसु जयादिसिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समचित्तः कर्म एव कृत्वा अपि ज्ञाननिष्ठां विना अपि न निबध्यते न संसारं प्रतिपद्यते।
4.22 Content with whatever chance may bring for the maintenance of the body; 'rising above the pairs of opposites' means enduring cold, heat and such other experiences until one has completed the practice of Karma Yoga; 'free from ill-will?' i.e., free from ill-will towards others, seeing his own Karma as the cause of his adversity; 'even-minded in success and failure,' i.e., even-minded at success like victory in war, etc., and failure therein - such a person 'is not bound,' i.e., he does not fall into Samsara, though devoted to action without any exclusive practice of Jnana Yoga.