Shloka 21
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रह:* । शारीरं केवल कर्म कुर्वन् नाप्रोति किल्बिषम्
nirāśīr yatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ | śārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ||
যি নিৰাশ, যিয়ে মন আৰু আত্মাক সংযত কৰিছে, আৰু যিয়ে সকলো পৰিগ্ৰহ (মালিকীভাব/সঞ্চয়) ত্যাগ কৰিছে—সেইজন কেৱল দেহধাৰণৰ বাবে কৰ্ম কৰিলেও পাপত লিপ্ত নহয়।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Necessary action does not produce sin when performed without expectation of results, with disciplined mind, and without possessiveness; ethical purity depends on inner non-attachment rather than mere outward inactivity.
In the Bhīṣma Parva’s instruction on right action amid the impending war, Arjuna voices a principle of karma-yoga: even bodily maintenance work, when done in renunciation and self-control, does not bind the doer with fault.