Verse 4.22

यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।

समः सिद्धावसिद्धौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ॥

4.22

Transliteration

yadṛcchālābhasantuṣṭo dvandvātīto vimatsaraḥ |

samaḥ siddhāvasiddhau ca kṛtvāpi na nibadhyate ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

Content with what comes to him without effort, free from the pairs of opposites and envy, even-minded in success and failure, though acting, he is not bound.

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Word by word

content with what comes unsought
beyond the pairs of opposites
free from envy

even
in success
in failure
and
acting
even
not
is bound

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna adds further traits. Such a person is content with yadṛcchālābha, whatever comes by chance, without striving for more. He has gone beyond the dvandvas, the pairs of opposites such as pleasure and pain, heat and cold, praise and blame. He feels no envy, and stays the same in success and failure. With all this, even when he acts, he is not bound. The verse echoes the second chapter's definition of yoga as evenness of mind, showing that freedom in action rests on inner balance.