Chapter 5 · Verse 8 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 5.8
Sanskrit
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।5.8।।
Transliteration
naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan
In plain words
You're carrying the weight of every choice, every outcome, every result—and it's crushing you. Krishna says: the body acts, the hands move, the words come out, but *you* are not the doer. When you stop claiming ownership of what happens next, the suffocating responsibility can lift, and you can actually do your work with a clear heart.
Word by Word
The knower of truth experiences a profound freedom—understanding that while the body moves, acts, and engages with the world, the eternal Self remains the untouched witness. The senses naturally do their work, the breath flows, the eyes open and close, yet the awakened one rests in the knowledge that none of this is truly *his* action.
This is not passivity but the deepest form of participation—working in the world while inwardly free from its burden. When you surrender the false claim of doership and align your actions with dharma, you discover that life moves through you with effortless grace, and the anxiety of being responsible for outcomes dissolves.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.8 — BG 5.8
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