कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि ।योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये ॥
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalair indriyair api |yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye ||
- कायेन · kāyena
- with the body
- मनसा · manasā
- with the mind
- बुद्ध्या · buddhyā
- with the intellect
- इन्द्रियैः · indriyaiḥ
- with the senses
- केवलैः · kevalaiḥ
- merely, alone
- योगिनः · yoginaḥ
- yogis
- सङ्गम् · saṅgam
- attachment
- आत्मशुद्धये · ātmaśuddhaye
- for self-purification
“Yogis perform action with body, mind, intellect, and the senses alone, abandoning attachment, for the purification of the self.”
— Original plain-language translation
Action itself becomes the cleanser when motive is removed. Body, mind, and senses are instruments, not owners. Purity here means a mind freed for knowledge.
— Reader's notes (original)