Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation
Bhagavad Gita 18.49
असक्तबुद्धिः सर्वत्र जितात्मा विगतस्पृहः ।
नैष्कर्म्यसिद्धिं परमां संन्यासेनाधिगच्छति ॥
asaktabuddhiḥ sarvatra jitātmā vigataspṛhaḥ | naiṣkarmyasiddhiṃ paramāṃ saṃnyāsenādhigacchati ||
One whose understanding is unattached everywhere, who has mastered the self and is free from longing, attains through renunciation the supreme perfection of freedom from action.
Modern context
The supreme perfection is naishkarmya, 'actionlessness'. But this is not inactivity. It is the state of someone who acts fully but without attachment, so that action no longer binds them. It is reached through renunciation of a particular kind: not giving up work, but giving up clinging. This is the resolution of Arjuna's original dilemma.