Shloka 9
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
प्रलपन् विसृजन गृह्नन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्
pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇan unmiṣan nimiṣann api | indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan ||
बोलता, त्यागता, ग्रहण करता तथा आँखें खोलता-मूँदता हुआ भी—“इन्द्रियाँ ही इन्द्रिय-विषयों में बरत रही हैं” ऐसा धारण करके तत्त्वज्ञ अपने को अकर्ता माने।
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The core teaching is non-doership: the wise person understands that actions occur through the senses engaging their objects, while the true Self remains unattached; therefore, even amid activity, one should maintain the conviction, “I do not truly act.”
In the midst of instruction on disciplined action and inner renunciation, the teaching describes how a realized practitioner interprets ordinary behaviors (speaking, grasping, blinking, etc.)—not as ego-driven agency, but as the natural functioning of the sense-faculties.