5.10 ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा
brahmaṇy
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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.
5.12 युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्। अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते
yuktaḥ karma
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yuktaḥ—one who is united in consciousness with God;karma-phalam—the results of all activities;tyaktvā—giving up;śhāntim—peace;āpnoti—attains;naiṣhṭhikīm—everlasting;ayuktaḥ—one who is not united with God in consciousness;kāma-kāreṇa—impelled by desires;phale—in the result;saktaḥ—attached;nibadhyate—becomes entangled
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Having abandoned attachment to the fruit of actions, the master of Yoga attains the highest Peace. But, one who is not a master of Yoga and is attached to the fruit of action, is bound by their actions born of desire.
Having abandoned the fruit of action, he wins eternal peace. Others unacquainted with spirituality, led by desire and clinging to the benefit which they think will follow their actions, become entangled in them.
A Yogin, renouncing the fruits of his actions, attains lasting peace. But the unsteady man who is attached to fruits of actions, being impelled by desire, is bound.
Giving up the result of work by becoming resolute in faith, one attains Peace arising from steadfastness. One who is lacking in resolute faith, being attached to the result under the impulsion of desire, becomes bound.
The united one (the well poised or the harmonised), having abandoned the fruit of action, attains to the eternal peace; the non-united only (the unsteady or the unbalanced), impelled by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.
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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 5: Renounce Through Works
karmasaṃnyāsayoga
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5.11 कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये
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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.
