Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 5

Bhagavad Gita 5.13

सर्वकर्माणि मनसा संन्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी। नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन्॥

sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśhī nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan

Translation

Mentally renouncing all actions, the sovereign dweller in the body resteth serenely in the nine-gated city, neither acting nor causing to act.

What it means

Mentally renouncing all actions, the embodied Self rests at ease in the nine-gated city of the body, neither acting nor causing action. The body is a city with gates; the resident is not the traffic. Government without interference.

Try this today

The body as a nine-gated city: the true resident governs it serenely without confusing itself with the traffic.

Something to reflect on

Can I sit as the resident of my body rather than as its traffic?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.