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कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śhuddhaye

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 5, Verse 11
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Yogis, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only through the body, mind, intellect, and even the senses, for the purification of the self.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: yogis perform action with the body, mind, intellect, and even the senses alone, without attachment, for the purpose of self-purification, framing purification as the actual goal underneath the activity, not the activity itself.

In life: the same task, cleaning, working, exercising, becomes a different kind of practice depending on whether you're doing it for pure result or for the discipline itself.

Teaching: occasionally do a routine task with the explicit intention of practicing presence and non-attachment, rather than just getting it done, notice the difference in how it feels afterward.

kāyenawith the body
manasāwith the mind
buddhyāwith the intellect
kevalaiḥonly
indriyaiḥwith the senses
apieven
yoginaḥthe yogis
karmaactions
kurvantiperform
saṅgamattachment
tyaktvāgiving up
ātmaof the self
śhuddhayefor the purification

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
5.11 कायेन by the body? मनसा by the mind? बुद्ध्या by the intellect? केवलैः only? इन्द्रियैः by the senses? अपि also? योगिनः Yogis? कर्म action? कुर्वन्ति perform? सङ्गम् attachment? त्यक्त्वा having abandoned? आत्मशुद्धये for the purification of the self. Commentary Yogis here means Karma Yogis who are devoted to the path of action? who are free from egoism and selfishness? who work for the purification of their hearts without the least attachment to the fruits or results of their actions? and who dedicate all actions to the Lord as their offerings.Kevalam only by (free from egoism and selfishness) applies to the body? mind? intellect and the senses.