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Chapter 5 · Verse 9 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 5.9

serene Karma & Action Attachment & Letting Go Jnana & Wisdom

Sanskrit

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।

Transliteration

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

Word by Word

pralapan by talking
visṛjan by giving up
gṛhṇan by accepting
unmiṣan opening
nimiṣan closing
api in spite of
indriyāṇi the senses
indriya-artheṣu in sense gratification
vartante let them be so engaged
iti thus
dhārayan considering.
Simplified Perspective

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

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