Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

    Verse 21

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 4, Verse 21

    निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः। शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    nirāśhīr yata-chittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śhārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham

    Translation

    Free from desire, his intellect and mind controlled, having given up all possessions, and doing bodily work only, he is not subject to evil.
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