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Bhagavad Gita 5.8

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।

naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
nananot
evaevacertainly
kiñchitkiñchitanything
karomikaromiI do
itiitithus
yuktaḥyuktaḥsteadfast in karm yog
manyetamanyetathinks
tattva-vittattva-vitone who knows the truth
paśhyanpaśhyanseeing
śhṛiṇvanśhṛiṇvanhearing
spṛiśhanspṛiśhantouching
jighranjighransmelling
aśhnanaśhnaneating
gachchhangachchhanmoving
svapansvapansleeping
śhvasanśhvasanbreathing
pralapanpralapantalking
visṛijanvisṛijangiving up
gṛihṇangṛihṇanaccepting
unmiṣhanunmiṣhanopening (the eyes)
nimiṣhannimiṣhanclosing (the eyes)
apiapialthough
indriyāṇiindriyāṇithe senses
indriya-artheṣhuindriya-artheṣhuin sense-objects
vartantevartantemoving
itiitithus
dhārayandhārayanconvinced

I do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing.

तत्त्ववित् युक्त पुरुष यह सोचेगा (अर्थात् जानता है) कि  "मैं किंचित् मात्र कर्म नहीं करता हूँ"  देखता हुआ, सुनता हुआ, स्पर्श करता हुआ, सूंघता हुआ, खाता हुआ, चलता हुआ, सोता हुआ, श्वास लेता हुआ,।।