Bhagavad Gita 4.41योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्।आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchhinna-sanśhayam
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
Sanskrit recitation
Knowledge that cuts doubt · 4.34–4.42 · Teaching
Translation
He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, and who is self-possessed—such a one is not bound by actions, O Arjuna.
Hindi translation
हे धनञ्जय ! योग- (समता-) के द्वारा जिसका सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंसे सम्बन्ध-विच्छेद हो गया है और ज्ञानके द्वारा जिसके सम्पूर्ण संशयोंका नाश हो गया है, ऐसे स्वरूप-परायण मनुष्यको कर्म नहीं बाँधते।
Meaning
Sri Madhusudana Sarasvati explains Atmavantam as always watchful.He who has attained to Selfrealisation renounces all actions by means of Yoga or the knowledge of Brahman. As he is established in the knowledge of the identity of the individual soul with the,Supreme Soul, all his doubts are cut asunder. Actions do not bind him as they are burnt in the fire of wisdom and as he is always watchful over himself. (Cf.II.48III.9IV.20)
After Swami Sivananda
Knowledge that cuts doubt· 4.34–4.42→
Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.
- 4.34Know that the wise who have realized the truth will instruct thee in that knowledge…
- 4.35Knowing that thou shalt not, O Arjuna, again be deluded like this; and by that thou shalt…
- 4.36Even if thou art the most sinful of all sinners, yet thou shalt surely cross over all sins…
- 4.37As the blazing fire reduces fuel to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce…
- 4.38Verily, there is no purifier in this world like knowledge. He who is perfected in Yoga…
- 4.39The one who is full of faith, devoted to it, and has subdued their senses obtains this…
- 4.40The ignorant, the faithless, and the doubting self go to destruction; there is neither…
4.41He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge,…
- 4.42Therefore, with the sword of knowledge (of the Self), cut asunder the doubt of the self,…
Word-by-word→
- na
- not
- jñāna
- by knowledge
- karmāṇi
- actions
- sanśhayam
- doubts
- dhanañjaya
- Arjun, the conqueror of wealth
- nibadhnanti
- bind
- sañchhinna
- dispelled
- ātma-vantam
- situated in knowledge of the self
- yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇam
- those who renounce ritualistic karm, dedicating their body, mind, and soul to God
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