त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रय: कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति स:
tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛipto nirāśhrayaḥ karmaṇyabhipravṛitto ’pi naiva kiñchit karoti saḥ
Recitation · Text 4.20
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)
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.