The entire content of this mail is from Swami Chidbhavananda's translation of The Bhagavad Gita, published by Ramakrishna Mission.
1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 2 - Samkhya Yoga - Sloka 48
Yogasthah kuru karmani sangam tyaktva dhananjaya I
Siddhi asiddhyoh samah bhutva samatvam yoga uchyate II sloka 48
योगस्थः कुरु कर्मणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।
सिद्धि असिद्ध्योः समः भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ।। श्लोक ४८
Perform action, O Dhananjaya, being fixed in yoga, renouncing attachments, and even-minded in success and failure; equilibrium is verily yoga.
The yogi holds all activities taking place in him as doings of the Lord. He places himself in the position of a willing servant, ever ready to execute orders. An attitude of this kind eliminates attachment. The master orders his servant to go to the next village and bring a particular person. The servant goes on the errand accordingly, but finds the person absent. There is no disappointment in him for this failure. He is commissioned to go on another day on which he is able to find the required person. There is no special elation over the success now. The servant is simply satisfied with carrying out orders effectively. It is in this manner that the yogi holds the successes and failures in his endeavours free from attachment and aversion.
The nature of the mind is to be elated in success and dejected in failure. But by remaining unperturbed by either, the mind gains in clarity and firmness. It is like the surface of water that has become placid and fit to reflect objects clearly. This even-mindedness is equilibrium. He is a yogi who keeps the mind in this poised state underall circumstances. Spiritual growth is possible to him only who keeps the mind ever poised.
Be in the world even as a maid servant in a rich man's house. For all intents and purposes she claims her master's children and property as her own. But at the core of her heart she knows that they do not belong to her and she remains firm in that attitude. Seemingly own worldly things; but have no attachment to them. As the maid servant can with easerelinquish her assumed ownership of the master's property, be prepared for separation from earthly possession.
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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