Shloka 412

ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga

Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint

Devanagari script

योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्‌ । आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनंजय

Transliteration

yogasaṁnyastakarmāṇaṁ jñānasaṁchinnasaṁśayam | ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṁjaya ||

Translation

阿周那说：将一切行为安置于瑜伽之中，疑惑已为真实之智所斩断，并能自持其心者——此人不为业所缚，檀那ंज耶啊。

Word by Word

• योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणम्: one whose actions are renounced/laid down through yoga
• योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग-संन्यस्त-कर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्: one whose doubts are cut off by knowledge
• ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान-संछिन्न-संशय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मवन्तम्: self-possessed; self-controlled
• आत्मवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• कर्माणि: actions
• कर्माणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• निबध्नन्ति: bind; fetter
• Type: Verb
• Root: निबन्ध्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• धनंजय: O Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.