निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः ।शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥
nirāśīr yatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ |śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam ||
- निराशीः · nirāśīḥ
- free from expectation
- यतचित्तात्मा · yatacittātmā
- with mind and self controlled
- त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः · tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ
- having given up all possessiveness
- शारीरम् · śārīram
- bodily
- केवलम् · kevalam
- mere, only
- कर्म · karma
- action
- कुर्वन् · kurvan
- performing
- न · na
- not
- आप्नोति · āpnoti
- incurs
- किल्बिषम् · kilbiṣam
- fault, sin
“Free from expectation, with mind and self controlled, having given up all possessiveness — performing mere bodily action, one incurs no fault.”
— Original plain-language translation
Reduced to maintenance-level doing — the body kept going without the ego's projects — action becomes faultless. The triple equipment of verse 30 in chapter 3 (no expectation, no mine-ness, controlled mind) recurs. Simplicity itself becomes protection.
— Reader's notes (original)