Chapter 4, Verse 21
Chapter 4 · karma-yoga
Shloka
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः | शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ||४-२१||
nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ . śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam ||4-21||
English Meaning
English Meaning
Without hope and with the mind and the self controlled, having abandoned all covetousness, doing mere bodily action, he incurs no sin.
Hindi Meaning
जो आशा रहित है तथा जिसने चित्त और आत्मा (शरीर) को संयमित किया है, जिसने सब परिग्रहों का त्याग किया है, ऐसा पुरुष शारीरिक कर्म करते हुए भी पाप को नहीं प्राप्त होता है।।
Russian Meaning
Без надежды, с разумом и самообладанием, оставив всякую алчность, совершая одни лишь телесные действия, он не совершает никакого греха.
Spanish Meaning
Sin esperanza y con la mente y el yo controlados, habiendo abandonado toda codicia, realizando mera acción corporal, no incurre en pecado.
Commentary
The liberated sage renounces all actions except what is necessary for the bare maintenance of the body. He has abandoned all possessions. He incurs no sin which will cause evil effects. For a man who thirsts for liberation (Mumukshu) even righteous activity (Dharma) is a sin as it causes bondage to Samsara. Dharma is a golden fetter for him. A golden fetter is also a fetter. A sage is liberated from both Dharma and Adharma? good and evil or virtue and vice. (Cf.III.7)