Bhagavad Gita · 4.20
॥
Devanāgarī
त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासंगं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ।
कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṁ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ |
karmaṇy abhipravṛtto 'pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
त्यक्त्वाtyaktvāhaving cast off, having given up
कर्मफलासंगम्karma-phala-āsaṅgamattachment (āsaṅga) to the fruits (phala) of activity (karma)
नित्यतृप्तःnitya-tṛptaḥever (nitya) content (tṛpta)
निराश्रयःnir-āśrayaḥdepending on nothing, not seeking refuge [in the external]
कर्मणिkarmaṇiin activity
अभिप्रवृत्तः अपिabhipravṛttaḥ apieven while fully engaged
न एवna evatruly not
किञ्चित्kiñcitanything
करोतिkarotihe does
सःsaḥthat one [the person]
Translation
“Having cast off all attachment to the fruits of his activity, ever content and dependent on nothing, such a person, even when fully engaged in activity, in truth does nothing at all.”
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