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5.8Krishna
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नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित् ।पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् ॥

naiva kiñcit karomīti yukto manyeta tattvavit |paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapañ śvasan ||

· na
not
किञ्चित् · kiñcit
anything
करोमि · karomi
I do
युक्तः · yuktaḥ
the disciplined one
मन्येत · manyeta
should think
तत्त्ववित् · tattvavit
knower of truth
पश्यन् · paśyan
seeing
शृण्वन् · śṛṇvan
hearing

The disciplined knower of truth should think, 'I do nothing at all,' even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping, and breathing.

Original plain-language translation

The first half of a famous pair continued in 5.9. Ordinary sensing continues, but ownership drops away. Agency is reassigned from the self to the senses operating among their objects.

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