Chapter 4 · Knowledge and Renunciation of Action

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 4.41

योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय

yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchhinna-sanśhayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya

Recitation · Text 4.41
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (9 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

The resolution: one who has renounced action through yoga, whose doubts are severed by knowledge, and who is settled in the self — actions do not bind such a person. All three of the chapter's threads are tied together in a single line.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:All three threads of the chapter — action, knowledge, doubt — are tied together in a single line.