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 ||
ଯେ ନିରାଶ, ଯେ ଚିତ୍ତ ଓ ଆତ୍ମାକୁ ସଂଯମ କରିଛି, ଏବଂ ଯେ ସମସ୍ତ ପରିଗ୍ରହ (ସ୍ୱାମିତ୍ୱବୋଧ/ସଂଗ୍ରହ) ତ୍ୟାଗ କରିଛି—ସେ କେବଳ ଶରୀରଧାରଣ ପାଇଁ କର୍ମ କରିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ପାପ ପାଉନାହିଁ।
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.