Janmabandhavinirmuktah padam gachhantyanaamayam (2.51)
yadaa te mohakalilam buddhirvyatitarishyati
tadaa gantaasi nirvedam shrotavyasya shrutasya cha (2.52)
shrutivipratipannaa te yadaa sthaasyati niShchalaah
samaadhavachalaabuddhistadaa yogamavaapsyasi (2.53)
The wise whose intellect is united
can be totally present in action
skilfully dropping the
effects of the past,
and of the future...
claiming their freedom
from the limitations of birth
they celebrate the limitlessness of this very life
despite the limitations of the human-
free even when busy, the wise can just be!
when you can disentangle clear reason
from the mires of delusion,
detaching events, perceptions, prejudices
from emotion
and be driven by pure intelligence,
you will access that deep-rooted calm
beyond sounds and beyond silence
beyond knowledge and beyond ignorance
unshaken and unshakable
by words, said or unsaid,
opinions or perceptions
nor getting stuck
in witting or unwitting positions
when the intellect becomes
free from conflict / resistance,
established in content equanimity,
rejoicing in enthusiasm and harmony
it would have perfected the dance
of stillness
attaining Yoga-unity!
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Mahatma Gandhi's version
51. For sages, gifted with the attitude of detachment, who renounce the fruit of action, are released from the bondage of birth and attain to the state which is free from all ills.
52. When thy understanding will have passed through the slough of delusion, then wilt thou be indifferent alike to what thou hast heard and wilt hear.
53. When thy understanding, distracted by much hearing, will rest steadfast and unmoved in concentration, then wilt thou attain Yoga.
Dr. Ramanand Prasad's version
Wise Karma-yogis, possessed with mental poise by renouncing the attachment to the fruits of work, are indeed freed from the bondage of rebirth and attain the blissful divine state. (2.51)
When your intellect will completely pierce the veil of delusion, then you will become indifferent to what has been heard and what is to be heard (from the scriptures). (2.52)
When your intellect, that is confused by the conflicting opinions and the ritualistic doctrine of the Vedas, shall stay steady and firm with the Self, then you shall attain Self-realization. (2.53)
from Gurudev
Ordinary people would just look at the behavior, but the intelligent looks beyond and is amazed by the play of the consciousness (Brahman). (Knowledge. Sheet. # 50, 21 May 1996)
When the intellect becomes quiet, it brings out the intelligence. Often people think that gathering information makes one intelligent. This is not so. It is the "samadhi" which brings out the intelligence.
An unintelligent man, in spite of having all the information, cannot be creative. An intelligent man without much information can be creative. A sign of intelligence is to see the one in many and find the many in one. (Knowledge.Sheet. # 166, 27 Aug. 1997)
~ Sri Sri
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