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Chapter 5

Chapter 5 · Verse 11

Karma Sannyasa Yoga

कर्मसंन्यासयोग

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि | योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये ||५-११||

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi . yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye ||5-11||

In plain words

Yogis here means Karma Yogis who are devoted to the path of action who are free from egoism and selfishness who work for the purification of their hearts without the least attachment to the fruits or results of their actions and who dedicate all actions to the Lord as their offerings. Kevalam only by (free from egoism and selfishness) applies to the body mind intellect and the senses.

Translation

5.11 Merely witth the body, the mind, the intellect and the senses, Yogins do actions, renouncing attachment, for the purification of the self.

Meaning

Yogis here means Karma Yogis who are devoted to the path of action who are free from egoism and selfishness who work for the purification of their hearts without the least attachment to the fruits or results of their actions and who dedicate all actions to the Lord as their offerings. Kevalam only by (free from egoism and selfishness) applies to the body mind intellect and the senses.

Word by word

कायेन by the body मनसा by the mind बुद्ध्या by the intellect केवलैः only इन्द्रियैः by the senses अपि also योगिनः Yogis कर्म action कुर्वन्ति perform सङ्गम् attachment त्यक्त्वा having abandoned आत्मशुद्धये for the purification of the self.