Bhagavad Gita · 5.13
॥
Devanāgarī
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी ।
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṁnyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśī |
navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सर्वकर्माणिsarva-karmāṇiall actions.
मनसाmanasāwith the mind.
संन्यस्यsaṁnyasyahaving renounced.
आस्तेāstehe abides, he dwells.
सुखम्sukhamhappily.
वशीvaśīone who is self-controlled.
नवद्वारे पुरेnava-dvāre purein the city (pura) of nine (nava) gates (dvāra).
देहीdehīthe embodied [soul].
न एव कुर्वन्na eva kurvantruly not acting.
न कारयन्na kārayanand not causing to act.
Translation
“One who is self-controlled (vaśī), having renounced all actions in the mind, dwells happily in the city of nine gates, truly neither acting himself nor causing [the body] to act.”
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