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सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी। नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।
sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan
Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything themselves nor causing anything to be done.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| sarva | all |
| karmāṇi | activities |
| manasā | by the mind |
| sannyasya | having renounced |
| āste | remains |
| sukham | happily |
| vaśhī | the self-controlled |
| nava-dvāre | of nine gates |
| pure | in the city |
| dehī | the embodied being |
| na | never |
| eva | certainly |
| kurvan | doing anything |
| na | not |
| kārayan | causing to be done |
All actions: (1) Nitya Karmas These are obligatory duties. Their performance does not produce any merit but their nonperformance produces demerit.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Compare renunciation of work with renunciation of attachment and examine the chapter’s account of inner freedom.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaThe embodied man of self-control, having given up all actions mentally, continues happily in the city of nine gates, without doing or causing anyone else to do anything.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaThe embodied self, mentally resigning all actions as belonging to the city of nine gates (i.e., the body) and becoming self-controlled, dwells happily, neither acting himself nor causing the body to act.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaAll actions: (1) Nitya Karmas These are obligatory duties. Their performance does not produce any merit but their nonperformance produces demerit.
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Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything themselves nor causing anything to be done
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sarva: all
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nava-dvāre: of nine gates
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