Chapter 5, Verse 11
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi. yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvā''tmaśuddhaye॥5.11॥
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- कायेन
- with the body
- मनसा
- with the mind
- बुद्ध्या
- with the intellect
- केवलैः
- mere, alone (unattached)
- इन्द्रियैः
- with the senses
- अपि
- even, also
- योगिनः
- yogis (the practitioners of yoga)
- कर्म
- action
- कुर्वन्ति
- they perform
- सङ्गम्
- attachment
- त्यक्त्वा
- having abandoned
- आत्मशुद्धये
- for the purification of the self
Commentary
By the body, by the mind, by the intellect* by mere senses also, Yogins perform action, without attachment, for the purification of the self.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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कायेन
मनसा
बुद्ध्या
केवलैः
इन्द्रियैः
अपि
योगिनः
कर्म
कुर्वन्ति
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आत्मशुद्धये
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