Shloka 19
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार कर्ममें अकर्म और अकर्ममें कर्म-दर्शनका महत्त्व बतलाकर अब पाँच शलोकोंमें भिन्न-भिन्न शैलीसे उपर्युक्त कर्ममें अकर्म और अकर्ममें कर्मदर्शनपूर्वक कर्म करनेवाले सिद्ध और साधक पुरुषोंकी असंगताका वर्णन करके उस विषयको स्पष्ट करते हैं-- यस्य सर्वे समारम्भा: कामसंकल्पवर्जिता: । ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणं तमाहु: पण्डितं बुधा:,जिसके सम्पूर्ण शास्त्रसम्मत कर्म बिना कामना और संकल्पके होते हैं: तथा जिसके समस्त कर्म ज्ञानरूप अग्निके द्वारा भस्म हो गये हैं,/ उस महापुरुषको ज्ञानीजन भी पण्डित कहते हैं
yasya sarve samārambhāḥ kāma-saṅkalpa-varjitāḥ | jñānāgni-dagdha-karmāṇaṁ tam āhuḥ paṇḍitaṁ budhāḥ ||
The wise call that person a true sage whose every undertaking is free from desire and self-serving intention, and whose actions have been burned away in the fire of knowledge. Such a one still acts in the world according to what is right, yet remains inwardly unattached, because insight has dissolved the binding force of karma.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person becomes truly wise when actions are performed without desire for personal gain and without ego-driven intention; through knowledge, the binding residue of karma is ‘burned,’ so action no longer enslaves.
In the Gītā’s instruction on karma-yoga, the teaching clarifies how one may act in the world yet remain free: the mark of a sage is desireless undertaking and knowledge that removes karmic bondage.