Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.11

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि योगिन: कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śhuddhaye

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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (13 words)

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Yogis act with body, mind, intellect and even the senses alone, giving up attachment — and Krishna names the purpose: purification of the self. Work here is not a duty to be discharged but an instrument that cleans the one doing it.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Work here isn't a duty to be discharged — it's an instrument that cleans the one doing it.