Speaker: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् ।
आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥४१॥
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ
jñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi
nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
Word for word (synonyms)
- yoga
- devotional service in *karma-yoga*
- sannyasta
- renounced
- karmāṇam
- of the performers
- jñāna
- knowledge
- sañchinna
- cut by the advancement of knowledge
- saṁśayam
- doubts
- ātma-vantam
- situated in the self
- na
- never
- karmāṇi
- work
- nibadhnanti
- do bind up
- dhanañjaya
- O conquerer of riches
Translation
Therefore, one who has renounced the fruits of his action, whose doubts are destroyed by transcendental knowledge, and who is situated firmly in the self, is not bound by works, O conqueror of riches.
Defined in the Gītā
Renunciation
What is real renunciation?
The Supreme Lord said, To give up the results of all activities is called renunciation [tyāga] by the wise. And that state is called the renounced order of life [sannyāsa] by great learned men.
Knowledge
What is knowledge?
Humility, pridelessness, nonviolence, tolerance, simplicity, approaching a bona fide spiritual master, cleanliness, steadiness and self-control; renunciation of the objects of sense gratification, absence of false ego, the perception of the evil of birth, death, old age and disease; nonattachment to children, wife, home and the rest, and evenmindedness amid pleasant and unpleasant events; constant and unalloyed devotion to Me, resorting to solitary places, detachment from the general mass of people; accepting the importance of self-realization, and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth—all these I thus declare to be knowledge, and what is contrary to these is ignorance.
Purport
One who follows the instruction of the Gītā, as it is imparted by the Lord, the Personality of Godhead Himself, becomes free from all doubts by the grace of transcendental knowledge. He, as a part and parcel of the Lord, in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is already established in self-knowledge. As such, he is undoubtedly above bondage to action.
What this verse teaches
Role of faith in acquiring j’āna ñ Who can and cannot attain jñāna?; Reaction free work; Rise and fight!
- Themes
- The Five Topics
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- Bhagavad-gītā 4.39–42 1969-01-14 · Los Angeles
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