Chapter 4, Verse 20
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः। कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः।।4.20।।
tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ. karmaṇyabhipravṛtto'pi naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ.।4.20.।
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- त्यक्त्वा
- having abandoned
- कर्मफलासङ्गम्
- attachment to the fruits of action
- नित्यतृप्तः
- ever content/satisfied
- निराश्रयः
- without dependence (on anything external)
- कर्मणि
- in action
- अभिप्रवृत्तः
- engaged/actively occupied
- अपि
- even though
- न
- not
- एव
- indeed
- किञ्चित्
- anything
- करोति
- does
- सः
- he
Commentary
20. Having abandoned attachment for the fruits of action, ever content, dependent on none, though engaged inactions, nothing at all does he do.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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त्यक्त्वा
कर्मफलासङ्गम्
नित्यतृप्तः
निराश्रयः
कर्मणि
अभिप्रवृत्तः
अपि
न
एव
किञ्चित्
करोति
सः
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