Bhagavad Gita · 5.8-9
॥
Devanāgarī
नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् ।
पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् ॥
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattvavit |
paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
न एव किञ्चित्na eva kiñcitnothing at all, indeed.
करोमि इतिkaromi iti“I do”.
युक्तःyuktaḥyukta (one who is in yoga).
मन्येतmanyetahe thinks.
तत्त्ववित्tattva-vitone who knows the Truth.
पश्यन्paśyanseeing.
शृण्वन्śṛṇvanhearing.
स्पृशन्spṛśantouching.
जिघ्रन्jighransmelling.
अश्नन्aśnaneating.
गच्छन्gacchanmoving.
स्वपन्svapansleeping.
श्वसन्śvasanbreathing.
प्रलपन्pralapanspeaking.
विसृजन्visṛjanevacuating.
गृह्णन्gṛhṇangrasping.
उन्मिषन्unmiṣanopening the eyes.
निमिषन् अपिnimiṣan apiand closing the eyes.
इन्द्रियाणिindriyāṇithe senses.
इन्द्रियार्थेषुindriya-artheṣuwith their objects.
वर्तन्तेvartanteinteract.
इति धारयन्iti dhārayanthus understanding, knowing firmly.
Translation
“One who abides in divine consciousness (yukta), who has known the Truth (tattva-vit), always thinks: ‘I myself do nothing at all.’ While seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, (8) speaking, evacuating, grasping, opening and closing the eyes, he always firmly knows: ‘It is merely the senses interacting with their objects.’ (9)”
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