कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥
karmajaṃ buddhiyuktā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ |janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchanty anāmayam ||
- कर्मजम् · karmajam
- born of action
- बुद्धियुक्ताः · buddhiyuktāḥ
- yoked with understanding
- हि · hi
- indeed
- फलम् · phalam
- the fruit
- त्यक्त्वा · tyaktvā
- having abandoned
- मनीषिणः · manīṣiṇaḥ
- the wise
- जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः · janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ
- freed from the bondage of birth
- पदम् · padam
- the state, abode
- गच्छन्ति · gacchanti
- attain, go to
- अनामयम् · anāmayam
- free from ill, sorrowless
“The wise, yoked with understanding, abandoning the fruit born of action — freed from the bondage of birth, they reach the sorrowless state.”
— Original plain-language translation
The full mechanism of liberation in one verse: understanding → abandoning fruits → freedom from rebirth → the 'sorrowless state' (anāmayam, literally 'without sickness'). Action continues; only its binding power is renounced.
— Reader's notes (original)