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नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।5.8।।
naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan
One joined to yoga and knowing reality thinks, I do nothing at all, while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping and breathing.
English rendering by Dharma Open School. Original school translation.
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Read across once, then cover the meanings and recover them from the Sanskrit forms.
| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| na | not |
| eva | certainly |
| kiñchit | anything |
| karomi | I do |
| iti | thus |
| yuktaḥ | steadfast in karm yog |
| manyeta | thinks |
| tattva-vit | one who knows the truth |
| paśhyan | seeing |
| śhṛiṇvan | hearing |
| spṛiśhan | touching |
| jighran | smelling |
| aśhnan | eating |
| gachchhan | moving |
| svapan | sleeping |
| śhvasan | breathing |
| pralapan | talking |
| visṛijan | giving up |
| gṛihṇan | accepting |
| unmiṣhan | opening (the eyes) |
| nimiṣhan | closing (the eyes) |
| api | although |
| indriyāṇi | the senses |
| indriya-artheṣhu | in sense-objects |
| vartante | moving |
| iti | thus |
| dhārayan | convinced |
Read the Sanskrit as a connected thought built from na (not), gachchhan (moving), and dhārayan (convinced). Ask what changes between the first and last term, and how that movement contributes to renunciation within responsible work. State the connection in your own words, then check it against Bhagavad-gita 5.8.
Original school explanation. Written independently from the Sanskrit word map. It is not a quotation, translation, or summary of a named modern commentary. Chapter lens: Compare renunciation of work with renunciation of attachment and examine the chapter’s account of inner freedom.
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Meaning map
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- 1
One joined to yoga and knowing reality thinks, I do nothing at all, while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping and breathing
- 2
na: not
- 3
gachchhan: moving
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Compare renunciation of work with renunciation of attachment and examine the chapter’s account of inner freedom.
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Three questions for this verse
- 1
What is renounced?
- 2
What action continues?
- 3
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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