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Bhagavad Gita 5.8

Chapter 5, Verse 8

Part of 5: Karm Sanyās Yogकर्मसंन्यासयोग

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्॥

Transliteration

naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan

Meaning

I do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing.

Word-by-word meaning
nanotevacertainlykiñchitanythingkaromiI doitithusyuktaḥsteadfast in karm yogmanyetathinkstattva-vitone who knows the truthpaśhyanseeingśhṛiṇvanhearingspṛiśhantouchingjighransmellingaśhnaneatinggachchhanmovingsvapansleepingśhvasanbreathingpralapantalkingvisṛijangiving upgṛihṇanacceptingunmiṣhanopening (the eyes)nimiṣhanclosing (the eyes)apialthoughindriyāṇithe sensesindriya-artheṣhuin sense-objectsvartantemovingitithusdhārayanconvinced
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 8?
I do nothing at all," thus would the harmonized knower of Truth think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, and breathing.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?
This is verse 8 of Chapter 5 (Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Renunciation) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.