Shloka 412
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम् । आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनंजय
yogasaṁnyastakarmāṇaṁ jñānasaṁchinnasaṁśayam | ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṁjaya ||
Arjuna said: One who has laid down all actions into Yoga, whose doubts have been cut apart by true knowledge, and who is self-possessed—such a person is not bound by actions, O Dhanañjaya. In the ethical frame of the Gītā’s battlefield teaching, this declares that inner freedom comes not from abandoning duty, but from performing it without possessive attachment, with clarity of understanding and mastery of the self.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Actions bind when done with egoic ownership and attachment to results; when actions are offered into Yoga, doubts are removed by knowledge, and the person is self-possessed, the same actions no longer create bondage.
In the battlefield dialogue, Arjuna voices a doctrinal point about how inner renunciation and knowledge transform the moral status of action: even amid war and duty, one can act without being spiritually bound if grounded in Yoga, clarity, and self-mastery.