Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.13

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्

sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan

Recitation · Text 5.13
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

Having renounced all actions mentally, the self-controlled dweller rests at ease in the city of nine gates, neither acting nor causing action. The body is described as a city one lives in rather than something one is.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The body is described as a city you live in — not as something you are.