na kartṛitvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛijati prabhuḥ
na karma-phala-saṅyogaṁ svabhāvas tu pravartate||14||

Meaning : The Supreme (Prabhuḥ) does not create the sense of doership (kartṛitvam), nor does He create actions (karmāṇi) or their connection to the results (karma-phala-saṅyoga) for people. It is one’s own nature (svabhāva) — the modes and tendencies of the material world — that causes all this to operate.

sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī
nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan||13||

Meaning : A self-controlled person (vashī), having mentally renounced all actions, dwells happily in the body — which is described as a city with nine gates (nava-dvāra-pura). Such a person, although living in the body, neither acts himself nor causes others to act. He understands that the true self (dehī — the embodied soul) is distinct from the bodily actions and remains unattached and uninvolved in worldly activity.

yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śhāntim āpnoti naiṣhṭhikīm
ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate||12||

Meaning : A person who is united with yoga, who has renounced attachment to the fruits of actions, attains steady inner peace. In contrast, one who is not united with yoga and is driven by desires becomes bound and entangled by attachment to the results of their deeds.

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṁ tyaktvātma-śhuddhaye||11||

Meaning : Yogis perform actions with their body, mind, intellect, and senses, but without attachment to the results. By giving up this attachment, they purify their inner self, achieving spiritual cleansing through detached and mindful action.

brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā||10||

Meaning : One who performs all actions, having dedicated them to Brahman (the Supreme), and who has given up all attachment to the results of those actions, is not affected by sin, just as a lotus leaf remains untouched by water.

naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit
paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañjighrann aśhnangachchhan svapañśhvasan||8||

pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api
indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan||9||

Meaning : The enlightened yogi, who truly understands the Self, thinks: “I do nothing at all.” Though this person is seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, dreaming, and breathing, they know these are simply actions of the body and senses, not the true Self acting. Even while speaking, letting out breath, taking things, opening and closing the eyes, the senses remain engaged with their objects. But the yogi holds firmly the understanding that they themselves are not the doer; they remain detached and witness all these activities.

yoga-yukto viśhuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ
sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate||7||

Meaning : The person who is united with yoga, whose soul is pure and who has mastered the self and senses, perceives the same self in all beings. Even while performing actions, such a person remains untouched or unaffected by any sin, bondage, or impurity.

sannyāsas tu mahā-bāho duḥkham āptum ayogataḥ
yoga-yukto munir brahma na chireṇādhigachchhati||6||

Meaning : O Arjuna, renouncing all actions (sannyasa) without the practice of yoga causes suffering and difficulty. But the wise sage who is united with yoga — who performs actions with discipline, meditation, and devotion — attains the supreme reality (Brahman) quickly and surely.

yat sānkhyaiḥ prāpyate sthānaṁ tad yogair api gamyate
ekaṁ sānkhyaṁ cha yogaṁ cha yaḥ paśhyati sa paśhyati||5||

Meaning : The ultimate state of liberation (or self-realization) that is attained through the path of knowledge and discrimination (Sankhya), is also attained through the path of yoga (meditation and disciplined action). The wise person who understands that both Sankhya (the analytical knowledge path) and Yoga (the practical meditative path) lead to the same goal truly perceives the truth.

sānkhya-yogau pṛithag bālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ
ekamapyāsthitaḥ samyag ubhayor vindate phalam||4||

Meaning : Some people mistakenly think that the path of knowledge (Sānkhya) and the path of selfless action (Yoga) are separate and unrelated. But truly wise people know that both paths lead to the same goal—spiritual realization. If you fully and sincerely follow one path, you will get the benefits of both knowledge and action.