Shloka 11
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
कायेन मनसा बुद्धया केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि । योगिन: कर्म कुर्वन्ति सड़ूं त्यक्त्वा55त्मशुद्धये
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api | yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye ||
Arjuna said: “With the body, the mind, the intellect, and even with the senses alone, disciplined practitioners perform action—having abandoned attachment—so that the inner self may be purified.”
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions can be performed through body, mind, intellect, and senses without possessiveness or craving for results; such detached action becomes a discipline that purifies the inner life (ātmaśuddhi) rather than strengthening ego and attachment.
In the midst of the Kurukṣetra setting, Arjuna is articulating a principle of Karma Yoga: even while engaged in necessary action, a yogin relinquishes attachment and performs work as a means of inner purification, aligning duty with spiritual discipline.