Bhagavad Gita
Jnana-karma-sannyasa-yoga (The Yoga of Divine Knowledge, Action and Renunciation)4.23
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Bhagavad Gita · 4.23
Devanāgarī

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।
यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

gatasangasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ |
yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
गतसङ्गस्यgata-saṅgasyaof one whose attachment (saṅga) has gone (gata)
मुक्तस्यmuktasyaof one who is liberated
ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसःjñāna-avasthita-cetasaḥof one whose consciousness (cetasaḥ) is fixed (avasthita) in knowledge (jñāna)
यज्ञायyajñāyafor the sake of yajña
आचरतःācarataḥof one who acts
कर्मkarmaactivity
समग्रम्samagramcompletely, entirely
प्रविलीयतेpravilīyatedissolves, vanishes, melts away
Translation

“The activity of one who is free from attachment, who is fully liberated, whose consciousness is fixed in divine knowledge, and who acts only as a sacrifice (yajña) — such activity dissolves without remainder.”

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