na karmaṇāmanārambhānnaiṣkarmyaṅ puruṣō.śnutē.
na ca saṅnyasanādēva siddhiṅ samadhigacchati৷৷3.4৷৷
श्रीमद् भगवद्गीता
3.4 na not, karmaṇām of actions, anārambhāt from non-performance, naiṣkarmyam actionlessness, puruṣaḥ man, aśnutē reaches, na not, ca and, saṅnyasanāt from renunciation, ēva only, siddhim perfection, samadhigacchati attains.
Commentary:
Actionlessness (Naishkarmyam) and perfection (Siddhi) are synonymous. The sage who has attained to perfection or reached the state of actionlessness rests in his own essential nature as Existence-Knowledge-liss Absolute (Satchidananda Svarupa). He has neither necessity nor desire for action as a means to an end. He has perfect satisfaction in the Self.One attains to the state of actionlessness by gaining the knowledge of the Self. If a man simply sits iet by abandoning action you cannot say that he has attained to the state of actionlessness. His mind will be planning, scheming and speculating. Thought is real action. The sage who is free from affirmative thoughts, wishes, and likes and dislikes, who has the knowledge of the Self can be said to have attained to the state of actionlessness.No one can reach perfection or freedom from action or knowledge of the Self by mere renunciation or by simply giving up activities without possessing the knowledge of the Self. (Cf.XVIII.49).