1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 18

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Atman is beyond Action - sloka 17-18

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 3 -Karma Yoga - Sloka 18

Naiva tasya krutena arthah na akrutena iha kashchana I

Na chasya sarva bhuteshu kashchid arthavyapa ashryah II sloka 18

नैव तस्य कृतेन अर्थः न अकृतेन इह कश्चन ।

न चास्य सर्व भूतेषु कश्चिद् अर्थव्यप आश्रयः ।। श्लोक १८ 

For him there is in this world no object to acquire by doing any action; nor is there any loss by not doing an action; nor has he to depend on anybody for anything.

In sound sleep man is self sufficient. He has nothing to seek from any entity. But it is a negative state based on nescience. It is temporary. The spiritually enlightened man, on the other hand, enjoys infinitude beatitude. Naught else is there for himto obtain. This BrahmAvasta  is never again lost. The  Brahma-jnani  therefore has nothing to seek from man or God. 

One of the signs of the enlightened man is that he is enjoying boundless bliss within himself. The surface of the ocean seems boisterous; but at the bottom it is all calmness. Even such is the state of affair of the jnani.

Sri Ramakrishna

 By mere affectation this supreme state cannot be reached. One has to make oneself competent for it by diligent preparation. Karma yoga is the means for it. How one should perform this action is explained in the following slokas