In this verse, Krishna defines the pinnacle of meditative absorption, the state of 'Yogarudha.' It is not merely a cessation of external movement, but a fundamental shift in the interior landscape of the seeker. By stating that one must not be attached to sense objects or karma, Krishna is pointing to the internal alchemy of detachment: the ego’s grasping habit is broken by the realization that the Self is inherently complete and untouched by the world of names and forms. This is not a dry intellectual renunciation, but a 'Sannyasa' of the Will—the abandonment of the 'Sankalpas,' those deeply rooted imaginative projections that dictate our future-focused desires and our past-focused anxieties. When the mind ceases to construct elaborate scenarios of 'I' and 'mine' based on external results, the turbulence of the psyche settles into a mirror-like clarity. Krishna is instructing Arjuna that true mastery is reached when the yogi is no longer a slave to the impulses of the senses nor the compulsion to perform actions for personal gain. It is the transition from the seeker who strives to the Sage who rests in the silent Witness consciousness. In this state, the yogi is no longer 'doing' yoga; they are 'established' in it. The Divine becomes the sole reality, and action, when it arises, flows from a place of surrendered grace rather than egoic necessity.

True spiritual elevation is achieved when the mind abandons the habit of projection, becoming a silent, detached witness that no longer seeks fulfillment in external objects or the fruits of action.