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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5, Verse 9

Renunciation and Action

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि। इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्

pralapan visṛijan gṛihṇann unmiṣhan nimiṣhann api indriyāṇi indriya-artheṣhu vartanta iti dhārayan

What does Bhagavad Gita 5.9 mean?

Though he talks, gives, receives, opens his eyes, and shuts them, he still knows that his senses are merely disporting themselves among the objects of perception.

Word-by-word meaning

pralapan—talking · visṛijan—giving up / releasing · gṛihṇan—receiving / grasping · unmiṣhan—opening the eyes · nimiṣhan—closing the eyes · api—also / even · indriyāṇi—the senses · indriya-artheṣhu—among the sense-objects · vartanta—are engaged / move about · iti—thus · dhārayan—holding (in mind) / knowing

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