सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी ।नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥
sarvakarmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṃ vaśī |navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan ||
- सर्वकर्माणि · sarvakarmāṇi
- all actions
- मनसा · manasā
- mentally
- संन्यस्य · sannyasya
- having renounced
- आस्ते · āste
- rests, abides
- वशी · vaśī
- self-controlled
- नवद्वारे · navadvāre
- of nine gates
- पुरे · pure
- in the city (body)
- देही · dehī
- embodied self
“Having mentally renounced all actions, the self-controlled embodied self rests happily in the nine-gated city, neither acting nor causing action.”
— Original plain-language translation
The body is pictured as a city with nine gates: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, and two lower openings. The self sits within as a calm resident, not the restless doer. Renunciation here is inward, done by understanding.
— Reader's notes (original)