BG 18.49

असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः ।
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां सन्न्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥
asakta-buddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigata-spṛhaḥ
naiṣkarmya-siddhiṁ paramāṁ sannyāsenādhigacchati

Word-for-word meanings

asakta-buddhiḥ — one whose intellect is unattached;  sarvatra — to anything;  jita-ātmā — whose mind is regulated;  vigata-spṛhaḥ — [and] who is devoid of desire;  adhigacchati — attains;  paramām — the supreme;  naiṣkarmya-siddhim — state of freedom from consequential action;  sannyāsena — through renunciation.

Translation

One whose intellect is unattached to anything, whose mind is regulated, and who is devoid of desire for sense pleasure, attains the supreme state of freedom from consequential action through renunciation [of the results of action].

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