Chapter 5 · Verse 9 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 5.9
Sanskrit
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।
Transliteration
pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan
In plain words
You are exhausted from trying to control everything—your words, your reactions, even your wandering mind—as if you alone are responsible for holding it all together. Krishna says: the senses will do what they do, the body will move as it moves, but you are not the one doing it, and you don't have to be. When you stop wrestling with yourself and simply witness what's happening with quiet awareness, the grip loosens, and you find a peace that doesn't depend on getting everything right.
Word by Word
The Gita here reveals the supreme secret: the wise one performs all actions—speaking, releasing, grasping, opening and closing the eyes—while internally resting in the knowledge that the senses move among sense objects by their own nature, not by the doer's will. This is not indifference but lucid detachment, where you engage fully in life while the heart remains anchored in witnessing consciousness.
When you stop fighting the machinery of your senses and instead observe them with compassionate awareness, you reclaim the freedom that was always yours—a freedom that transforms mundane activity into sacred offering.
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Bhagavad Gita 5.9 — BG 5.9
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