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Chapter 3 · Verse 7 · Karma Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 3.7

empowering Karma & Action Attachment & Letting Go Mind & Meditation

Sanskrit

यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन। कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते।।3.7।।

Transliteration

yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjuna karmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśhiṣhyate

Word by Word

yaḥ who
tu but
indriyāṇi the senses
manasā by the mind
niyamya control
ārabhate begins
arjuna Arjun
karma-indriyaiḥ by the working senses
karma-yogam karm yog
asaktaḥ without attachment
saḥ they
viśhiṣhyate are superior
Simplified Perspective

Krishna reveals the secret that separates the wise from the enslaved: those who govern their senses through the steady mind, then engage their hands and body in selfless action without clinging to results, ascend beyond the ordinary. This is not renunciation of work, but liberation within work—the senses become instruments of grace rather than masters of the soul. In your daily life, this means doing your responsibilities fully while releasing your grip on outcomes: work with excellence, love with wholeness, but hold nothing as 'mine.'

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Bhagavad Gita 3.7 — BG 3.7

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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