The Gita

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।

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