Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 4.23

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतस: यज्ञायाचरत: कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते

gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-chetasaḥ yajñāyācharataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate

Recitation · Text 4.23
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (9 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

For one free of attachment, liberated, with the mind established in knowledge, acting purely as an offering — the whole of that action dissolves. This is the hinge into the chapter's long treatment of sacrifice.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:This is the hinge into the chapter's long treatment of sacrifice.