Bhagavad Gita 5.7 meaningFreedom while fully engaged
In simple wordsSo simple a child gets it
“Someone who feels part of everyone isn’t harmed by their work.”
What it means
“Someone who is centred, pure-minded and self-controlled — who feels their self in every being — isn't tainted by action, even while acting.”
The original Sanskrit
योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ॥
yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate
Translations
Literal translation
Endowed with yoga, pure in mind, controlled in body, a conqueror of the organs, the Self of the selves of all beings-he does not become tainted even while performing actions.
Swami Gambhirananda
हिंदी अनुवाद
जो पुरुष योगयुक्त, विशुद्ध अन्तकरण वाला, शरीर को वश में किये हुए, जितेन्द्रिय तथा भूतमात्र में स्थित आत्मा के साथ एकत्व अनुभव किये हुए है वह कर्म करते हुए भी उनसे लिप्त नहीं होता।
Swami Tejomayananda
Go deeper
Commentaries
How great teachers across 1,200 years have explained this verse.
Loading commentaries…
Keep reading · 5.8“A person who knows the truth feels, ‘I am not really the doer,’ even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping and breathing.”