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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 4 · Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 4.20
Lesson 182 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Knowledge, tradition, divine descent and wise action. How are knowledge, tradition and action brought together?

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Shloka · Devanagari

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः।कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛipto nirāśhrayaḥkarmaṇyabhipravṛitto ’pi naiva kiñchit karoti saḥ

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Sandhi-vicheda

tyaktvā+karma-phala-āsaṅgam+nitya+tṛiptaḥ+nirāśhrayaḥ+karmaṇi+abhipravṛittaḥ+api+na+eva+kiñchit+karoti+saḥ

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Meaning of each word

tyaktvāsource form
having given up
karma-phala-āsaṅgamsource form
attachment to the fruits of action
nityasource form
always
tṛiptaḥsource form
satisfied
nirāśhrayaḥsource form
without dependence
karmaṇisource form
in activities
abhipravṛittaḥsource form
engaged
apisource form
despite
nasource form
not
evasource form
certainly
kiñchitsource form
anything
karotisource form
do
saḥsource form
that person
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।4.20।। त्यक्त्वा कर्मसु अभिमानं फलासङ्गं च यथोक्तेन ज्ञानेन नित्यतृप्तः निराकाङ्क्षो विषयेषु इत्यर्थः। निराश्रयः आश्रयरहितः आश्रयो नाम यत् आश्रित्य पुरुषार्थं सिसाधयिषति दृष्टादृष्टेष्टफलसाधनाश्रयरहित इत्यर्थः। विदुषा क्रियमाणं कर्म परमार्थतोऽकर्मैव तस्य निष्क्रियात्मदर्शनसंपन्नत्वात्। तेन एवंभूतेन स्वप्रयोजनाभावात् ससाधनं कर्म परित्यक्तव्यमेव इति प्राप्ते ततः निर्गमासंभवात् लोकसंग्रहचिकीर्षया शिष्टविगर्हणापरिजिहीर्षया वा पूर्ववत् कर्मणि अभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि निष्क्रियात्मदर्शनसंपन्नत्वात् नैव किञ्चित् करोति सः।।यः पुनः पूर्वोक्तविपरीतः प्रागेव कर्मारम्भात् ब्रह्मणि सर्वान्तरे प्रत्यगात्मनि निष्क्रिये संजातात्मदर्शनः स दृष्टादृष्टेष्टविषयाशीर्विवर्जिततया दृष्टादृष्टार्थे कर्मणि प्रयोजनमपश्यन् ससाधनं कर्म संन्यस्य शरीरयात्रामात्रचेष्टः यतिः ज्ञाननिष्ठो मुच्यते इत्येतमर्थं दर्शयितुमाह

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 4.20
Course position182 / 701
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