Shloka 30
Karma-Saṃnyāsa–Karma-Yoga Saṃvāda
Renunciation and the Discipline of Action
१४-अनायक्तभावसे कर्म करनेसे परमात्माकी प्राप्ति होती है (गीता ३/१९)। १५-पूर्वकालमें जनकादिने भी कमोद्वारा ही सिद्धि प्राप्त की थी (गीता ३/२०/। १६-दूसरे मनुष्य श्रेष्ठ महापुरुषका अनुकरण करते हैं; इसलिये श्रेष्ठ महापुरुषको कर्म करना चाहिये (गीता ३॥२१)। १७-भगवान्को कुछ भी कर्तव्य नहीं है; तो भी वे लोकसंग्रहके लिये कर्म करते हैं (गीता ३/२२)। १८-ज्ञानीके लिये कोई कर्तव्य नहीं है
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā | nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ ||
Fixing your mind on Me, the indwelling Self, surrender all actions into Me. Free from craving and the sense of ‘mine,’ and released from feverish agitation, engage in battle.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perform your duty while surrendering all actions to the Lord: act without craving for outcomes (nirāśīḥ), without possessiveness (nirmamaḥ), and without inner agitation (vigata-jvaraḥ). This is Karma Yoga—outer action with inner renunciation and God-centered intention.
On the battlefield, Arjuna is being instructed to fight. Krishna concludes a section on the necessity of action for maintaining social order (lokasaṅgraha) and commands Arjuna to engage in war as dharma, but with a mind anchored in the Self and free from personal desire.