Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 5 · Renunciation of Action

    Verse 11

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 5, Verse 11

    कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śhuddhaye

    Translation

    Yogins, renouncing attachment, do actions with merely the body, mind, intellect, and senses, for the purification of the self.
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