Sanskrit

गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।

यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥

4.23

Transliteration

gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ |

yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate ||

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Translation

To one who is devoid of attchment, who is liberated, whose mind is established in knowledge, who works for the sake of sacrifice (for the sake of God), the whole action is dissolved.

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By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Explanation

Krishna gathers the traits into a single picture. For one who is free from attachment, liberated, with a mind settled in knowledge (jñāna), and who acts only as sacrifice (yajña), action dissolves entirely, pravilīyate. The image is of something melting away without trace. This verse links the earlier teaching of the third chapter on action as sacrifice with the present chapter's emphasis on knowledge. It also leads into a passage that will widen the meaning of sacrifice to include many kinds of spiritual practice.

By Sanskrit System · Machine draft · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08