Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5, Verse 8-9

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्।।5.8।। प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्।।5.9।।

naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

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Word Meanings

na—not

eva—certainly

kiñchit—anything

karomi—I do

iti—thus

yuktaḥ—steadfast in karm yog

manyeta—thinks

tattva-vit—one who knows the truth

paśhyan—seeing

śhṛiṇvan—hearing

spṛiśhan—touching

jighran—smelling

aśhnan—eating

gachchhan—moving

svapan—sleeping

śhvasan—breathing

pralapan—talking

visṛijan—giving up

gṛihṇan—accepting

unmiṣhan—opening (the eyes)

nimiṣhan—closing (the eyes)

api—although

indriyāṇi—the senses

indriya-artheṣhu—in sense-objects

vartante—moving

iti—thus

dhārayan—convinced 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.

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Translation

I do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing. Speaking, letting go, seizing, opening, and closing the eyes, one should be convinced that the senses move among the sense-objects.

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Commentary

5.8 न not? एव even? किञ्चित् anything? करोमि I do? इति thus? युक्तः centred (in the Self)? मन्येत should think? तत्त्ववित् the knower of Truth? पश्यन् seeing? श्रृण्वन् hearing? स्पृशन् touching? जिघ्रन् smelling? अश्नन् eating? गच्छन् going? स्वपन् sleeping? श्वसन् breathing.No Commentary. 5.9 प्रलपन् speaking? विसृजन् letting go? गृह्णन् seizing? उन्मिषन् opening (the eyes)? निमिषन् closing (the

eyes)? अपि also? इन्द्रियाणि the senses? इन्द्रियार्थेषु amongst the senseobjects? वर्तन्ते move? इति thus? धारयन् being convinced.Commentary The liberated sage or a Jnani always remains as a witness of the activities of the senses as he identifies himself with the Self or Brahman. He thinks and says? I do not see the eyes perceive. I do not hear the ears hear. I do not smell? the nose smells? etc. He beholds,inaction in action as he has burnt his actions in the fire of wisdom. (Cf.XIV.1923)

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