Chapter 4 · Verse 23 of 42
The Yoga of Knowledge and Renunciation of Action
ज्ञानकर्मसन्न्यासयोग
Meaning
Supreme God Krishna spoke
All acts of a person dissolve into nothingness {leaving no kārmic trails that may cause reincarnation} whose attachment {to the worldly objects and affairs} has melted away, who experiences real freedom {due to disappearance of attachment}, whose mind is always stable in {spiritual} Knowledge, and all of whose acts are like a yajna (offerings to God). (4:23)
Sanskrit
श्रीभगवान् उवाच
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।
यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते॥
Word-by-word
गत-सङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य, ज्ञान-अवस्थित-चेतसः,
यज्ञाय आचरतः कर्म समग्रम् प्र-विलीयते।