BUDDHI

Chapter II: Sankhya Yoga

(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)
II.51. The wise, possessed of knowledge, having abandoned the 
fruits of their actions, and being freed from the fetters of 
birth, go the the place which is beyond all evil.
COMMENTARY: Clinging to the fruits of actions is the cause of 
rebirth. Man takes a body to enjoy them.  If anyone performs 
actions for the sake of God in fulfilment of His purpose without 
desire for the fruits, he is released from the bonds of birth and 
attains to the blissful state or the immortal abode.
      Sages who possess evenness of mind abandon the fruits of 
their actions and thus escape from good and bad actions.
    'Buddhi' referred to in the three verses 49,50 and 51 may be the 
wisdom of the Sankhyas, i.e. the knowledge of the Self or Atma- 
Jnana which dawns when the mind is purified by Karma Yoga.