Chapter 4, Verse 21
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः। शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।
nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ. śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam..4.21..
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- निराशीः
- free from expectation/hope
- यतचित्तात्मा
- one whose mind and self are controlled
- त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः
- one who has abandoned all possessions/acquisitions
- शारीरम्
- bodily (pertaining to the body)
- केवलम्
- mere, only
- कर्म
- action
- कुर्वन्
- performing, doing
- न आप्नोति
- does not incur/attain
- किल्बिषम्
- sin, fault
Commentary
21. Free from desire, with the mind and the self controlled, having relinquished all possessions doing mere bodily action, he incurs no sin.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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निराशीः
यतचित्तात्मा
त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः
शारीरम्
केवलम्
कर्म
कुर्वन्
न आप्नोति
किल्बिषम्
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