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One Who is Just Interested in the Eternal Essence Loses All Sense of Doership

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन |
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रय: || 3.18||

naiva tasya kṛitenārtho nākṛiteneha kaśhchana
na chāsya sarva-bhūteṣhu kaśhchid artha-vyapāśhrayaḥ|| 3.18||

Shloka Translation
BG – Ch. 3- Ver. 18:

There is nothing to gain here by acting or not acting for that (realized individual). In addition, he has no reliance on anyone or anything for any object.

Explanation

One who is just interested in the everlasting essence loses any sense of doership In other words, all of his activities become selfless and spontaneous, and the concepts of gain and loss, as well as dependency or support from anybody or anything, do not exist for such a person. the state of a fully realised individual who has lost all sense of doership and hence has given up all action. Renouncing doership entails withdrawing from activity.
For self realized people every action is transcendental and performed in the service of God. They are directly engaged in Bhakti, or pure spiritual activities, like as meditation, which are prescribed for worldly people at the corporeal level. It is not deemed a sin if such souls refuse to perform their worldly responsibilities. They are free to continue performing worldly responsibilities if they so choose, but they are not required to do so.

Verse & what we can learn

When one realizes that all that is to be gained, realized, and experienced is within, for such a person there is nothing to gain by doing anything in this material world.

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Bhagavad Gita helps us to know this and one has a lot to learn in Bhagavad Gita on spirituality

To achieve self-realization and to fulfill one’s worldly duties one has to be fit and fine at both mind and body levels and meditation helps us in the process.

There are various types of meditation like Buddhist meditation, heartfulness meditation, mindfulness meditation, meditation for stress, and each meditation benefits are countless. There are also numerous meditation techniques for beginners which help in practicing daily meditation so go ahead and start your journey towards a peaceful and balanced life.

In the Next verse, Shri Krishna tells Arjuna about the way to achieve the highest (divine).

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