Chapter 4 Overview
Verse 4.41
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम्। आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय।।4.41।।
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchhinna-sanśhayam ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya
Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 41
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Sanskrit to English Translation
Translator:
He who has renounced actions through Yoga, whose doubts have been dispelled by knowledge, and who is self-possessed - such a one is not bound by actions, O Arjuna.
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Why: actions do not bind one who has renounced action through yoga, whose doubt is destroyed by knowledge, and who is possessed of the Self, again tying the resolution of doubt specifically to freedom from bondage.
In life: a genuinely resolved question stops draining your mental energy, while an unresolved one keeps quietly pulling at your attention indefinitely.
Teaching: prioritize actually resolving your lingering doubts about important decisions, rather than just living alongside them indefinitely.
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇamthose who renounce ritualistic karm, dedicating their body, mind, and soul to God
jñānaby knowledge
sañchhinnadispelled
sanśhayamdoubts
ātma-vantamsituated in knowledge of the self
nanot
karmāṇiactions
nibadhnantibind
dhanañjayaArjun, the conqueror of wealth
Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)
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4.41 योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणम् one who has renounced actions by Yoga? ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम् one whose doubts are rent asunder by knowledge? आत्मवन्तम् possessing the self? न not? कर्माणि actions? निबध्नन्ति bind? धनञ्जय O Dhananjaya.Commentary Sri Madhusudana Sarasvati explains Atmavantam as always watchful.He who has attained to Selfrealisation renounces all actions by means of Yoga or the knowledge of Brahman. As he is established in the knowledge of the identity of the individual soul with the,Supreme Soul? all his doubts are cut asunder. Actions do not bind him as they are burnt in the fire of wisdom and as he is always watchful over himself. (Cf.II.48III.9IV.20)