असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः।नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति।।18.49।।
सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे।समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा।।18.50।।
बुद्ध्या विशुद्धया युक्तो धृत्याऽऽत्मानं नियम्य च।शब्दादीन् विषयांस्त्यक्त्वा रागद्वेषौ व्युदस्य च।।18.51।।
विविक्तसेवी लघ्वाशी यतवाक्कायमानसः।ध्यानयोगपरो नित्यं वैराग्यं समुपाश्रितः।।18.52।।
अहङ्कारं बलं दर्पं कामं क्रोधं परिग्रहम्।विमुच्य निर्ममः शान्तो ब्रह्मभूयाय कल्पते।।18.53।।
He whose intellect remains unattached to everything, who has conquered his internal organs and is desireless, attains through monasticism the supreme perfection consisting of the state of one free from duties.
Understand for certain from Me, in brief indeed, O son of Kunti, that process by which one who has achieved success attains Brahman, which is the supreme consummation of knowledge.
Endowed with a pure intellect and controlling oneself with fortitude, one should reject the objects beginning from sound [sound, touch, form, color, taste, and smell - Tr.] and eliminate attachment and hatred.
One who resorts to solitude, eats sparingly, has control over their speech, body, and mind, for whom meditation and concentration are ever the highest duty, and who is possessed of dispassion;
Having discarded egotism, force, pride, desire, anger, and superfluous possessions, and being free from the idea of possession and serene, that person is fit for becoming Brahman.
Osho’s Commentary
The one whose intellect is unattached, who has mastered himself and is free from desire—through renunciation, he attains the supreme perfection of naishkarmya, actionlessness. This is not a state of doing nothing. It is a state where the doer has disappeared. And such a one becomes ready to merge with Brahman. Krishna then describes the qualities of such a seeker. He is endowed with a pure intellect. He controls himself with firmness. He abandons the objects of the senses. He lives in solitude, eats little, and is constantly engaged in meditation. He has let go of all the manifestations of the ego—pride, power, lust, anger, possessions. He is free from the sense of “mine,” and he is utterly peaceful. Such a man is a pure, empty vessel, ready to be filled with the divine. He has become fit to realize his own ultimate nature as Brahman.