BG - 4.21

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः। शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।

nirāśhīr yata-chittātmā tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ śhārīraṁ kevalaṁ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣham

• nirāśhīḥ - free from expectations
• yata - controlled
• chitta-ātmā - mind and intellect
• tyakta - having abandoned
• sarva - all
• parigrahaḥ - the sense of ownership
• śhārīram - bodily
• kevalam - only
• karma - actions
• kurvan - performing
• na - never
• āpnoti - incurs
• kilbiṣham - sin

Translation

Without hope, controlling the mind and the self, having abandoned all covetousness, and performing only bodily actions, one incurs no sin.

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