Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 4.20

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रय: कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति स:

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

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Having given up attachment to results, always satisfied and depending on nothing, such a person does nothing at all even while fully engaged in work. The contradiction is deliberate: outwardly busy, inwardly unclaiming.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Deliberately contradictory: outwardly fully occupied, inwardly claiming none of it.