Bhagavad Gita 4.20 Meaning: Tyaktva karmaphalasangam

Bhagavad Gita 4.20

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ।कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥

Tyaktva karmaphalasangam nityatripto nirashrayahKarmanyabhipravrittopi naiva kinchitkaroti sah

tyaktvā karmaphalāsaṅgaṃ nityatṛpto nirāśrayaḥ |karmaṇyabhipravṛtto’pi naiva kiñcitkaroti saḥ ||

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Our explanation Such a person has let go of attachment to the fruit of action, is always content and leans on nothing. Even while fully engaged in action, Krishna says, that person does nothing at all.

हिंदी अर्थ ऐसा व्यक्ति कर्म के फल की आसक्ति छोड़ चुका है, सदा तृप्त है और किसी पर आश्रित नहीं है। कृष्ण कहते हैं कि कर्म में पूरी तरह लगे रहकर भी वह कुछ नहीं करता।

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त्यक्त्वा tyaktvā · having given up (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. tyaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 456, col. 3 “to leave, abandon, quit”
कर्मफलासङ्गम् karmaphalāsaṅgam · attachment to the fruit of action (compound (masculine), accusative singular) Dictionary: karma-phala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 259, col. 1 “the fruit or recompense of actions”; ā-saṅga, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 160, col. 1 “attachment, devotedness”
नित्यतृप्तः nityatṛptaḥ · always content (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nitya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 547, col. 2 “continual, perpetual, eternal”; tṛpta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 454, col. 1 “satiated, satisfied with”
निराश्रयः nirāśrayaḥ · leaning on nothing (adjective (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: nir-āśraya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 540, col. 2 “supportless, having or offering no prop or stay”
कर्मणि karmaṇi · in action (noun (neuter), locative singular) Dictionary: karman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 2 “act, action, performance, business”
अभिप्रवृत्तः abhipravṛttaḥ · fully engaged (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: abhi-pravṛtta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 66, col. 1 “occupied or engaged in”
अपि api · even (indeclinable) Dictionary: api, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 55, col. 1 “in the sense of even, also, very”
न na · not (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. na, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 523, col. 1 “ind. not, no, nor, neither”
एव eva · at all (indeclinable) Dictionary: 1. eva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 232, col. 2 “just, exactly, very, same, only, even, alone, merely”
किञ्चित् kiñcit · anything (indeclinable) Dictionary: kiṃ-cid, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 283, col. 1 “‘something,’”
करोति karoti · does (present, 3rd person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect”
सः saḥ · he (pronoun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: tad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 434, col. 1 “m. he, f. she, n. it, that, this”

Bhagavad Gita 4.20: meaning and translation

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