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Bhagavad Gita 5.11

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śhuddhaye

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
kāyenakāyenawith the body
manasāmanasāwith the mind
buddhyābuddhyāwith the intellect
kevalaiḥkevalaiḥonly
indriyaiḥindriyaiḥwith the senses
apiapieven
yoginaḥyoginaḥthe yogis
karmakarmaactions
kurvantikurvantiperform
saṅgamsaṅgamattachment
tyaktvātyaktvāgiving up
ātmaātmaof the self
śhuddhayeśhuddhayefor the purification

Yogis, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only through the body, mind, intellect, and even the senses, for the purification of the self.

योगीजन, शरीर, मन, बुद्धि और इन्द्रियों द्वारा आसक्ति को त्याग कर आत्मशुद्धि (चित्तशुद्धि) के लिए कर्म करते हैं।।