Bhagavad Gita 5.8 — Naiva Kinchit Karomiti — Complete Lyrics
श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ५.८ — नैव किंचित्करोमीति
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्।
पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्॥
naiva kiñchit karomīti yukto manyeta tattva-vit
paśhyañ śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhañ jighrann aśhnan gachchhan svapañ śhvasan
The knower of truth, established in yoga, thinks "I do nothing at all" — even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping and breathing — knowing that it is the senses that move among their objects.
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