Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 4.21

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रह: शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्

nirāśhīr yata-chittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śhārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Free of expectation, mind and intellect controlled, having given up the sense of ownership, performing action with the body alone — such a person incurs no fault. The list is progressive: expectation, then control, then ownership.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The list is progressive — expectation first, then control, then the sense of ownership.