Sanskrit
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः । कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥
tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṃ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ karmaṇy abhipravṛtto 'pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ
Translation
Having abandoned attachment to the fruit of action, always content, nowhere seeking refuge, he is not doing anything, although doing actions.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
A close paraphrase of the sthitaprajna description from 2.55-2.72: content always, dependent on nothing, engaged in action yet — in the sense verse 18 established — doing nothing at all. The language here is close enough to Chapter 2’s portrait of steady wisdom that it reads as a direct continuation of that character sketch, now framed specifically through the lens of action.
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