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Bhagavad Gītā 4.23

BG 4.23

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः। यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते

gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-chetasaḥ yajñāyācharataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate

He who is without attachment, free, his mind centered in wisdom, and his actions done as a sacrifice, leave no trace behind.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

To one who is devoid of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledge, and who works for the sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the whole action is dissolved.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

gata-saṅgasya—free from material attachments; muktasya—of the liberated; jñāna-avasthita—established in divine knowledge; chetasaḥ—whose intellect; yajñāya—as a sacrifice (to God); ācharataḥ—performing; karma—action; samagram—completely; pravilīyate—are freed

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 4.23, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/4.23), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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