5.8 नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्
na
Word meanings
na—not;eva—certainly;kiñchit—anything;karomi—I do;iti—thus;yuktaḥ—steadfast in karm yog;manyeta—thinks;tattva-vit—one who knows the truth;paśhyan—seeing;śhṛiṇvan—hearing;spṛiśhan—touching;jighran—smelling;aśhnan—eating;gachchhan—moving;svapan—sleeping;śhvasan—breathing
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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A master of Yoga, knowing the reality, would think, 'I do not perform any action at all.' For, he who, while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing;
Though the saint sees, hears, touches, smells, eats, moves, sleeps and breathes, yet he knows the Truth, and he knows that it is not he who acts.
The knower of the truth, who is devoted to Yoga should think, 'I do not at all do anything' even though he is seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing;
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.
“I do nothing at all”–thus will the harmonised knower of Truth think–seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, breathing,
5.10 ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा
brahmaṇy
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.
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कर्मसंन्यासयोग
Chapter 5: Renounce Through Works
karmasaṃnyāsayoga
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5.9 प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्
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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.
