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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 8

Renunciation and Action

नैव किंचित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यन् श्रृणवन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन् श्वसन्

na eva kiñchit karomi iti yukto manyeta tattva-vit paśhyan śhṛiṇvan spṛiśhan jighran aśhnan gachchhan svapan śhvasan

What does Bhagavad Gita 5.8 mean?

Though the saint sees, hears, touches, smells, eats, moves, sleeps, and breathes, yet he knows the truth and knows that it is not he who acts.

Word-by-word meaning

na—not · eva—indeed · kiñchit—anything · karomi—I do · iti—thus · yuktaḥ—the disciplined one · manyeta—should think · tattva-vit—knower of truth · paśhyan—seeing · śhṛiṇvan—hearing · spṛiśhan—touching · jighran—smelling · aśhnan—eating · gachchhan—moving · svapan—sleeping · śhvasan—breathing

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