Gita Verse 5.13

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5, Verse 13

Sanskrit Verse

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी।

नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्।।5.13।।

Transliteration

sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī

nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan

Word meanings

sarva—all; karmāṇi—activities; manasā—by the mind; sannyasya—having renounced; āste—remains; sukham—happily; vaśhī—the self-controlled; nava-dvāre—of nine gates; pure—in the city; dehī—the embodied being; na—never; eva—certainly; kurvan—doing anything; na—not; kārayan—causing to be done

Swami Sivananda's translation

Mentally renouncing all actions and being self-controlled, the embodied one happily rests in the nine-gated city, neither acting nor causing others (body and senses) to act.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 5