Gita Verse 4.21

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 4, Verse 21

Sanskrit Verse

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।

शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।

Transliteration

nirāśhīr yata-chittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ

śhārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham

Word meanings

nirāśhīḥ—free from expectations; yata—controlled; chitta-ātmā—mind and intellect; tyakta—having abandoned; sarva—all; parigrahaḥ—the sense of ownership; śhārīram—bodily; kevalam—only; karma—actions; kurvan—performing; na—never; āpnoti—incurs; kilbiṣham—sin

Swami Sivananda's translation

Without hope, controlling the mind and the self, having abandoned all covetousness, and performing only bodily actions, one incurs no sin.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 4