Bhagavad Gita
Chapter 5 · Verse 13

Path of Renunciation

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी। नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्
sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan

Word Meanings

sarva — all; karmāṇi — activities; manasā — by the mind; sannyasya — having renounced; āste — remains; sukham — happily; vaśhī — the self-controlled; nava-dvāre — of nine gates; pure — in the city; dehī — the embodied being; na — never; eva — certainly; kurvan — doing anything; na — not; kārayan — causing to be done

Translation

The self-controlled embodied being, mentally renouncing all actions, dwells happily in the city of nine gates, neither acting nor causing others to act.

Commentary

सर्वकर्माणि all actions? मनसा by the mind? संन्यस्य having renounced? आस्ते rests? सुखम् happily? वशी the selfcontrolled? नवद्वारे in the ninegated? पुरे in the city? देही the embodied? न not? एव even? कुर्वन् acting? न not? कारयन् causing to act.Commentary All actions -- Nitya Karmas These are obligatory duties. Their performance does not produce any merit but their nonperformance produces demerit. Sandhyavandana? etc.? belong to this category. Naimittika Karmas These Karmas are performed on the occurrence of some special events such as the birth of a son? eclipse? etc. Kamya Karmas These are optional. They are intended for the attainment of some special ends (for getting rain? son? etc.) Nishiddha Karmas These are forbidden actions such as theft? drinking liour? etc. Prayaschitta Karmas Actions performed to neutralise the effects of evil actions or sins.The man who has controlled the senses renounces all actions by discrimination? by seeing inaction in action and rests happily in this body of nine openings (the ninegated city)? because he is free from cares? worries? anxieties and fear and his mind is ite calm and he enjoys the supreme peace of the Eternal. In this ninegated city the Self is the king. The senses? the mind? the subconscious mind? and the intellect are the inhabitants or subjects.The ignorant wordly man says? I am resting in the easychair. The man of wisdom who has realised that the Self is distinct from the body which is a product of the five elements? says? I am resting in this body. (Cf.XVIII.17?50)