Chapter 9 · Verse 9 · Raja Vidya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 9.9
Sanskrit
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय। उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु।।9.9।।
Transliteration
na cha māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣhu karmasu
In plain words
You are not responsible for fixing everything—not your marriage, not your child's outcome, not the debt that won't return, not whether you're 'good enough' at your job. Krishna says: do what is yours to do, fully and with heart, then release your grip on whether it works out the way you imagined. The freedom you're looking for lives on the other side of that release.
Word by Word
Krishna reveals the supreme paradox: the Lord performs all actions in the cosmos yet remains eternally untouched by them, like the sky unmarked by clouds that pass through it. This is not indifference but divine freedom—the consciousness that acts without being bound by results, without ego claiming ownership.
When you work with full presence yet release the fruit entirely to the Divine, you step into the same freedom, transforming every action into worship rather than bondage.
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Bhagavad Gita 9.9 — BG 9.9
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