5.9 प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्
pralapan
Word meanings
pralapan—talking;visṛijan—giving up;gṛihṇan—accepting;unmiṣhan—opening (the eyes);nimiṣhan—closing (the eyes);api—although;indriyāṇi—the senses;indriya-artheṣhu—in sense-objects;vartante—moving;iti—thus;dhārayan—convinced
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Taking, rejecting, receiving, opening, and closing the eyes, bear in mind that the sense-organs are on their respective objects; and
Though he talks, though he gives and receives, though he opens his eyes and shuts them, he still knows that his senses are merely disporting themselves among the objects of perception.
Speaking, discharging, grasping, opening, closing his eyes etc. He should always bear in mind that the senses operate among sense-objects.
Remaining absorbed in the Self, the knower of Reality should think, 'I certainly do not do anything', even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, speaking, releasing, holding, opening and closing the eyes-remembering that the organs function in relation to the objects of the organs.
Speaking, letting go, seizing, opening and closing the eyes–convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.
5.11 कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair
Word meanings
kāyena—with the body;manasā—with the mind;buddhyā—with the intellect;kevalaiḥ—only;indriyaiḥ—with the senses;api—even;yoginaḥ—the yogis;karma—actions;kurvanti—perform;saṅgam—attachment;tyaktvā—giving up;ātma—of the self;śhuddhaye—for the purification
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having given up attachment, the men of Yoga perform action just with the body, with the mind, with intellect, and also with their sense-organs, for attaining the Self.
The sage performs his action dispassionately, using his body, mind and intellect, and even his senses, always as a means of purification.
Merely with the body, the mind, the intellect and the senses, Yogins do actions, renouncing attachment, for the purification of the self.
By giving up attachment, the yogis undertake work merely through the body, mind, intellect and even the organs, for the purification of themselves.
Yogis, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only by the body, mind, intellect and also by the senses, for the purification of the self.
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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 5: Renounce Through Works
karmasaṃnyāsayoga
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5.10 ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा
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Word meanings
brahmaṇi—to God;ādhāya—dedicating;karmāṇi—all actions;saṅgam—attachment;tyaktvā—abandoning;karoti—performs;yaḥ—who;lipyate—is affected;na—never;saḥ—that person;pāpena—by sin;padma-patram—a lotus leaf;iva—like;ambhasā—by water
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Who performs actions by offering them to the Brahman and giving up attachment—they are not stained by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not stained by water.
He who dedicates his actions to the Spirit, without any personal attachment to them, he is no more tainted by sin than the water lily is wetted by water.
He who acts without attachment, reposing all actions on Brahman (Prakrti), is untouched by evil, as a lotus-leaf by water.
One who acts by dedicating actions to Brahman and by renouncing attachment, he does not become polluted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not by water.
He who performs actions, offering them to Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin as a lotus leaf by water.
