Chapter 5 · Verse 7

Karma Sannyasa Yoga

कर्मसंन्यासयोग

योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः | सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते ||५-७||

yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ . sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate ||5-7||

In plain words

He who is harmonised by Yoga i. e. he who has purified his mind by devotion to the performance of action who has conered the body and who has subjugated the senses whose Self is the Self of all beings he will not be bound by actions although he performs actions for the wellbeing or protection of the masses in orer to set an example to them.

Translation

5.7 He who follows the Yoga and is pure in self (mind), who has subdued his self and has conered his senses and whose self has become the self of all beings, even while he is acting, he is untainted.

Meaning

He who is harmonised by Yoga i.e. he who has purified his mind by devotion to the performance of action who has conered the body and who has subjugated the senses whose Self is the Self of all beings he will not be bound by actions although he performs actions for the wellbeing or protection of the masses in orer to set an example to them. (Cf. XVIII.17)

Word by word

योगयुक्तः devoted to the path of action विशुद्धात्मा a man of purified mind विजितात्मा one who has conered the self जितेन्द्रियः one who has subdued his senses सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा one who realises his Self as the Self in all beings कुर्वन् acting अपि even न not लिप्यते is tainted.