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Bhagavad Gita 5.13

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी। नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।

sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
sarvasarvaall
karmāṇikarmāṇiactivities
manasāmanasāby the mind
sannyasyasannyasyahaving renounced
āsteāsteremains
sukhamsukhamhappily
vaśhīvaśhīthe self-controlled
nava-dvārenava-dvāreof nine gates
purepurein the city
dehīdehīthe embodied being
nananever
evaevacertainly
kurvankurvandoing anything
nananot
kārayankārayancausing to be done

Mentally renouncing all actions and being self-controlled, the embodied one happily rests in the nine-gated city, neither acting nor causing others (body and senses) to act.

सब कर्मों का मन से संन्यास करके संयमी पुरुष नवद्वार वाली शरीर रूप नगरी में सुख से रहता हुआ न कर्म करता है और न करवाता है।।