Shloka 9

अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion

Devanagari script

प्रलपन्‌ विसृजन गृह्नन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्‌,तत्त्वको जाननेवाला सांख्ययोगी5ः तो देखता हुआ, सुनता हुआ, स्पर्श करता हुआ, सूँघता हुआ, भोजन करता हुआ, गमन करता हुआ, सोता हुआ, श्वास लेता हुआ, बोलता हुआ, त्यागता हुआ, ग्रहण करता हुआ तथा आँखोंको खोलता और मूँदता हुआ भी, सब इन्द्रियाँ अपने-अपने अर्थोमें बरत रही हैं--इस प्रकार समझकर नि:संदेह ऐसा माने कि मैं कुछ भी नहीं करता हूँ:

Transliteration

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇan unmiṣan nimiṣann api | indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan ||

Translation

坚执“唯诸根在各自境中运转”之见，知真者——安住数论与瑜伽者——即便在言说、舍离、执取，乃至开合双目之时，也自知实不作为。

Word by Word

प्रलपन्speaking, prattling

विसृजन्releasing, letting go

गृह्णन्taking, grasping

उन्मिषन्opening (the eyes)

निमिषन्closing (the eyes), blinking

अपिeven, also

इन्द्रियाणिthe senses

इन्द्रियार्थेषुin the objects of the senses

वर्तन्तेoperate, engage (themselves)

इतिthus

धारयन्holding (as a conviction), considering

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

indriyāṇi (the senses)

indriya-arthāḥ (sense-objects)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.”

What is happening in the narrative?

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.