Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 5.8

नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्ण्न्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्

naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan

Recitation · Text 5.8
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (27 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

The knower of truth thinks "I do nothing at all" — even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating and moving. The verse deliberately lists the most ordinary bodily acts, not lofty ones, to show where the claim is being tested.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The most ordinary acts are listed on purpose — that is where the claim is actually tested.