Verse 5.11

bg.5.11

Sanskrit

कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मशुद्धये।।5.11।।

Sanskrit (gita/gita data/verse.json)

Transliteration

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

Transliteration (gita/gita data/verse.json)

English

Yogis, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only through the body, mind, intellect, and even the senses, for the purification of the self.

English — Swami Sivananda (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Hindi

।।5.11।। कर्मयोगी आसक्तिका त्याग करके केवल (ममतारहित) इन्द्रियाँ-शरीर-मन-बुद्धि के द्वारा केवल अन्तःकरणकी शुद्धिके लिये ही कर्म करते हैं।

Hindi — Swami Ramsukhdas (praneshp1org/Bhagavad-Gita-JSON-data translation.json)

Modern English

kāyena—with the body; manasā—with the mind; buddhyā—with the intellect; kevalaiḥ—only; indriyaiḥ—with the senses; api—even; yoginaḥ—the yogis; karma—actions; kurvanti—perform; saṅgam—attachment; tyaktvā—giving up; ātma—of the self; śhuddhaye—for the purification

Word meanings (gita/gita data/verse.json)

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