Bhagavad Gita 4.41
Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga · English Translation
Sanskrit
योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् | आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ||४-४१||
Transliteration
yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam . ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya ||4-41||
He who has renounced actions by Yoga, whose doubts are rent asunder by knowledge, and who is self-possessed actions do not bind him, O Arjuna.
Word by Word
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
Classical 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)