Chapter 5, Verse 7
Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
yoga-yuktaḥ—united in consciousness with God; viśhuddha-ātmā—one with purified intellect; vijita-ātmā—one who has conquered the mind; jita-indriyaḥ—having conquered the senses; sarva-bhūta-ātma-bhūta-ātmā—one who sees the Soul of all souls in every living being; kurvan—performing; api—although; na—never; lipyate—entangled
English translation
He who is devoted to the path of action, whose mind is pure, who has conquered the self, who has subdued his senses, and who realizes his Self as the Self in all beings, though acting, is not tainted.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 5.7
Commentary
He who is harmonised by Yoga; i.e.; he who has purified his mind by devotion to the performance of action; who has conquered 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)
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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