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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 5.11
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि ।
योगिन: कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये ॥ ११ ॥
kāyena manasā buddhyā
kevalair indriyair api
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti
saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śuddhaye
The yogīs, abandoning attachment, act with body, mind, intelligence and even with the senses, only for the purpose of purification.
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3 study points
Yogīs give up attachment and act with body, mind, intelligence and senses only for purification.
Prabhupāda explains that acting to satisfy Kṛṣṇa purifies our actions and brings no material reactions.
Use your body, mind, words and possessions in Kṛṣṇa’s service, knowing that you and your body belong to Him.
One performing Niskama-karma-yoga identifies
Neither with his body
Nor the activities that his body performs
By his detached actions, he is freed from the reactions of his activities
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: karma, sva-dharma.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 5.11 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to duty & action?
Do one task today purely because it is right.
Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.