Bhagavad Gita · Jnana Karma Sannyasa YogaChapter 4, Shloka 41 (4.41)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
योगसन्न्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम्
आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय
॥ 4.41 ॥
yogasannyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam
ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
Translation
"O Dhananjaya! One who has renounced (the bondage of) actions through yoga, whose doubts have been cut away by knowledge, and who is self-possessed (steady of mind) — that person is not bound by actions."
Interpretation
Three marks. (1) Yoga-sannyasta-karmā; (2) jñāna-sañchinna-saṃśaya; (3) ātmavān.
"Yoga-sannyasta-karmā" — two readings.
- Shankaracharya: paramārtha-darśana-lakṣaṇena yogena saṃnyastāni karmāṇi … dharmādharmākhyāni — one who has renounced the actions called merit and sin through the yoga that is the vision of the ultimate truth; jñānena ātmeśvaraikatva-darśana-lakṣaṇena sañchinnaḥ saṃśayaḥ — whose doubt has been cut away by the knowledge that is the vision of the oneness of the self and Ishvara. Guṇa-ceṣṭā-rūpeṇa dṛṣṭāni karmāṇi na nibadhnanti — actions seen as the movements of the gunas do not bind him.
- Acharya Ramanuja: yathopadiṣṭa-yogena saṃnyasta-karmāṇaṃ jñānākāratāpanna-karmāṇam — one whose actions, through the yoga taught, have taken the form of knowledge; ātma-jñānena ātmani sañchinna-saṃśayam — whose doubt about the self has been cut away by knowledge of the self; ātmavantaṃ manasvinam upadiṣṭārthe dṛḍhāvasthita-manasam — whose mind is firmly set on the teaching; for such a person, bandha-hetu-bhūta-prācīnānanta-karmāṇi na nibadhnanti — the endless old actions that cause bondage do not bind.
AI-assisted draft translation — under review.