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Bhagavad Gita · 3.30 · Path of Selfless Service·30 of 43

मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसानिराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः

mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-chetasā

nirāśhīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ

Sanskrit recitation

Your work, not someone else’s · 3.30–3.35 · Teaching

Translation

Renouncing all actions in Me, with the mind centered on the Self, free from hope and egoism, and from mental fever, fight thou.

Meaning

Surrender all the actions to Me with the thought, I perform all actions for the sake of the Lord.Fever means grief, sorrow. (Cf.V.10XVIII.66).

After Swami Sivananda

Your work, not someone else’s· 3.30–3.35

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
mayi
unto me
bhūtvā
so being
sannyasya
renouncing completely
yudhyasva
fight
karmāṇi
works
nirmamaḥ
without ownership
sarvāṇi
all
nirāśhīḥ
free from hankering for the results of the actions
vigata-jvaraḥ
without mental fever
adhyātma-chetasā
with the thoughts resting on God

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