Illustration for Bhagavad Gita chapter 5 verse 9
Chapter 5 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Freedom in the Ordinary · Even Small Acts

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ।।9।।

pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

Meaning

"Even while speaking, releasing, grasping, or opening and closing the eyes, they hold firmly that it is only the senses moving among their objects."

Explanation

Krishna continues describing the karma yogi's inner freedom even amid life's most ordinary, automatic actions.

Today's Life Lesson

Notice today that even your most automatic, everyday actions can be held with a light, non-grasping awareness.

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