4.23 Action dissolves entirely Krishna speaks
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः
यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते
gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-chetasaḥ
yajñāyācharataḥ karma samagraṁ pravilīyate
For one free of attachment, released, mind established in knowledge, acting as an offering — action dissolves entirely.
Explanation
Action dissolves entirely.
For one free of attachment, released, mind established in knowledge, acting as an offering — karma pravilīyate.
The verb is melting, not stopping. The chapter's images are all like this: burning, ash, dissolving. Nothing is being prevented; something is being consumed as it happens.
Word by word
- gata-saṅgasya
- free from material attachments
- muktasya
- of the liberated
- jñāna-avasthita
- established in divine knowledge
- chetasaḥ
- whose intellect
- yajñāya
- as a sacrifice (to God)
- ācharataḥ
- performing
- karma
- action
- samagram
- completely
- pravilīyate
- are freed
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