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BG 4.41 — 4.41 He who has renounced actions by Yoga, whose doubts are rent asunder by knowledge, and who is self-possessed actions do not bind him, O Arjuna. | Live Gita
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योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् |
आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ||४-४१||

yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam . ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya ||4-41||


।।4.41।। जिसने योगद्वारा कर्मों का संन्यास किया है,  ज्ञानद्वारा जिसके संशय नष्ट हो गये हैं,  ऐसे आत्मवान् पुरुष को,  हे धनंजय ! कर्म नहीं बांधते हैं।।

Word-by-word meanings

4.41 योगसंन्यस्तकर्माणम् one who has renounced actions by Yoga? ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशयम् one whose doubts are rent asunder by knowledge? आत्मवन्तम् possessing the self? न not? कर्माणि actions? निबध्नन्ति bind? धनञ्जय O Dhananjaya.Commentary Sri Madhusudana Sarasvati explains Atmavantam as always watchful.He who has attained to Selfrealisation renounces all actions by means of Yoga or the knowledge of Brahman. As he is established in the knowledge of the identity of the individual soul with the,Supreme

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

।।4.41।।कैसे जिस परमार्थदर्शी पुरुषने परमार्थज्ञानरूप योगके द्वारा पुण्यपापरूप सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंका त्याग कर दिया हो वह योगसंन्यस्तकर्मा है। ( उसको कर्म नहीं बाँधते। ) वह योगसंन्यस्तकर्मा कैसे है सो कहते हैं आत्मा और ईश्वरकी एकतादर्शनरूप ज्ञानद्वारा जिसका संशय अच्छी प्रकार नष्ट हो चुका है वह ज्ञानसंछिन्नसंशय कहलाता है। ( इसलिये वह योगसंन्यस्तकर्मा है। ) जो इस प्रकार योगसंन्यस्तकर्मा है उस आत्मवान् यानी आत्मबलसे युक्त प्रमादरहित पुरुषको हे धनंजय ( गुण ही गुणोंमें बर्तते हैं इस प्रकार ) गुणोंकी चेष्टामात्रके रूपमें समझे हुए कर्म नहीं बाँधते अर्थात् इष्ट अनिष्ट और मिश्र इन तीन प्रकारके फलोंका भोग नहीं करा सकते।

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Swami Gambirananda

4.41 O Dhananjaya (Arjuna), actions do not bind one who has renounced actions through yoga, whose doubt has been fully dispelled by Knowledge, and who is not inadvertent.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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