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 ||
无所希求者，能制伏其心与其身，舍弃一切占有之念；此人纵然只作维持色身所需之事，亦不招罪垢。此教示明言：以无贪、无“我有”之心行其本分，则必要之劳作亦能养生而不缚行者。
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.