Shloka 7

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion

Devanagari script

योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रिय: । सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते

Transliteration

yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ | sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate ||

Translation

من كان منضبطًا في اليوغا—نقيَّ الباطن، مالكًا لنفسه، قاهرًا لحواسّه—وقد صار ذاته واحدةً مع ذات جميع الكائنات، فإنه وإن عمل لا يتلطّخ.

Word by Word

• योगयुक्तः: engaged in yoga; yoked to discipline
• योगयुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशुद्धात्मा: one whose inner self is purified
• विशुद्धात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशुद्धात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विजितात्मा: one who has conquered the mind/self
• विजितात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितेन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा: one whose self is the Self of all beings; one who has become the self of all beings
• सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुर्वन्: doing; performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present (Lat) participle, Parasmaipada, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• लिप्यते: is tainted; is smeared; is attached
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive (karmani-prayoga)

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• all beings (sarvabhūta)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A person established in yoga—pure, self-controlled, and seeing the one Self in all beings—can perform necessary duties without becoming morally or karmically stained, because the action is free from egoistic grasping and rooted in inner discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavadgītā discourse, Arjuna is engaged in a dialogue about right action amid the impending war. This verse articulates the ideal of the karma-yogin: acting in the world while remaining inwardly unbound through purity, restraint, and universal identification.