Sanskrit
यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः । समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वाऽपि न निबद्ध्यते ॥
yadṛcchā-lābha-santuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ samaḥ siddhāv asiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibaddhyate
Translation
Content with whatsoever he obtaineth without effort, free from the pairs of opposites, without envy, balanced in success and failure, though acting he is not bound.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
Continues the portrait with the classic marks of equanimity — content with whatever comes unsought, past the pairs of opposites, free of envy, balanced in success and failure — language that echoes 2.48’s “samatvaṃ yoga ucyate” almost exactly. Chapter 2 established this ideal in the register of consciousness; here it’s the same figure applied specifically to the doing of action. The source text marks a printing correction in the final word (निबध्यते corrected to निबद्ध्यते), reflected above.
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