गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः ।यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥
gatasaṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ |yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate ||
- गतसङ्गस्य · gatasaṅgasya
- of one freed from attachment
- मुक्तस्य · muktasya
- of the liberated one
- ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः · jñānāvasthitacetasaḥ
- whose mind rests in knowledge
- यज्ञाय · yajñāya
- for sacrifice
- आचरतः · ācarataḥ
- of one who acts
- कर्म · karma
- action
- समग्रम् · samagram
- entire, whole
- प्रविलीयते · pravilīyate
- dissolves, melts away
“For one freed from attachment, liberated, whose mind rests in knowledge — acting for sacrifice — all action entirely dissolves.”
— Original plain-language translation
Action done as yajña by the knower leaves no karmic remainder; it dissolves like salt in water. This fuses chapters 3 and 4: sacrifice (3.9) plus knowledge equals total melting. The coming verses then widen yajña into many forms.
— Reader's notes (original)