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4.41Krishna
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योगसन्न्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् ।आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥

yogasannyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasañchinnasaṃśayam |ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya ||

· na
not
निबध्नन्ति · nibadhnanti
they bind
धनञ्जय · dhanañjaya
O Dhananjaya (Arjuna)

Actions do not bind the self-possessed one who has renounced action's hold through yoga and cut away doubt with knowledge, O Dhananjaya.

Original plain-language translation

Yoga and knowledge divide the labor: yoga renounces clinging in act, knowledge severs doubt in thought. Together they free the self-possessed (ātmavant — literally 'with a self'). The verse summarizes the chapter's double cure before the closing call.

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