na prahṛṣyetpriyaṃ prāpya nodvijetprāpya cāpriyam
sthirabuddhirasammūḍho brahmavid brahmaṇi sthitaḥ

Resting in BRAHMAN, with steady intellect and undeluded, the knower of BRAHMAN neither rejoices on obtaining what is pleasant, nor grieves on obtaining what is unpleasant.

na = never; prahṛṣyet = rejoices; priyaṃ = the pleasant; prāpya = achieving; na = does not; udvijet = become agitated; prāpya = obtaining; ca = also; apriyaṃ = the unpleasant; sthirabuddhiḥ = self-intelligent; asammūḍhāḥ = unbewildered; brahmavit = one who knows the Supreme perfectly; brahmaṇi = in the transcendence; sthitaḥ = situated.;

bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham
sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute

With the self unattached to external contacts, he finds happiness in the Self; with the self engaged in the meditation of BRAHMAN, he attains endless happiness.

bāhyasparśeṣu = in external sense pleasure; asaktātmā = one who is not attached; vindati = enjoys; ātmani = in the self; yat = that which; sukhaṃ = happiness; saḥ = he; brahmayoga = by concentration in Brahman; yuktātmā = self-connected; sukhaṃ = happiness; akṣayaṃ = unlimited; aśnute = enjoys.;

na kartṛtvaṃ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛjati prabhuḥ
na karmaphalasaṃyogaṃ svabhāvastu pravartate

Neither agency nor actions does the Lord create for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions. But it is Nature that acts.

na = never; kartṛtvaṃ = proprietorship; na = nor; karmāṇi = activities; lokasya = of the people; sṛjati = creates; prabhuḥ = the master of the city of the body; na = nor; karmaphala = with the results of activities; saṃyogaṃ = connection; svabhāvaḥ = the modes of material nature; tu = but; pravartate = act.;

nādatte kasyacitpāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ
ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ

The Lord takes neither the demerit not even the merit of any; knowledge is enveloped by ignorance, thereby beings are deluded.

na = never; ādatte = accepts; kasyacit = anyone’s; pāpaṃ = sin; na = nor; ca = also; eva = certainly; sukṛtaṃ = pious activities; vibhuḥ = the Supreme Lord; ajñānena = by ignorance; āvṛtaṃ = covered; jñānaṃ = knowledge; tena = by that; muhyanti = are bewildered; jantavaḥ = the living entities.;

jñānena tu tadajñānaṃ yeṣāṃ nāśitamātmanaḥ
teṣāmādityavajjñānaṃ prakāśayati tatparam

But to those whose ignorance is destroyed by the Knowledge of the Self, like the sun, to them Knowledge reveals the Supreme (BRAHMAN) .

jñānena = by knowledge; tu = but; tat = that; ajñānaṃ = nescience; yeṣāṃ = whose; nāśitaṃ = is destroyed; ātmanaḥ = of the living entity; teṣāṃ = their; ādityavat = like the rising sun; jñānaṃ = knowledge; prakāśayati = discloses; tatparaṃ = Krishna consciousness.;

tadbuddhayastadātmānastanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ
gacchantyapunarāvṛttiṃ jñānanirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ

Intellect absorbed in that, their Self being That, established in that, with That for their Supreme Goal, they go whence there is no return, their sins dispelled by Knowledge.

tatbuddhayaḥ = those whose intelligence is always in the Supreme; tadātmānaḥ = those whose minds are always in the Supreme; tanniṣṭhāḥ = those whose faith is only meant for the Supreme; tatparāyaṇaḥ = who have completely taken shelter of Him; gacchanti = go; apunarāvṛttiṃ = to liberation; jñāna = by knowledge; nirdhūta = cleansed; kalmaṣāḥ = misgivings.;

kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalairindriyairapi
yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātmaśuddhaye

YOGIS, having abandoned attachment, perform actions merely by the body, mind, intellect and senses, for the purification of the self (ego) .

kāyena = with the body; manasā = with the mind; buddhyā = with the intelligence; kevalaiḥ = purified; indriyaiḥ = with the senses; api = even; yoginaḥ = Krishna conscious persons; karma = actions; kurvanti = they perform; saṅgaṃ = attachment; tyaktvā = giving up; ātma = of the self; śuddhaye = for the purpose of purification.;

yuktaḥ karmaphalaṃ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm
ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate

The united one (the well-poised or the harmonised) , having abandoned the fruit of action, attains Eternal Peace; the non-united (the unsteady or the unbalanced) , impelled by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.

yuktaḥ = one who is engaged in devotional service; karmaphalaṃ = the results of all activities; tyaktvā = giving up; śantiṃ = perfect peace; āpnoti = achieves; naiṣṭhikīṃ = unflinching; ayuktaḥ = one who is not in Krishna consciousness; kāmakāreṇa = for enjoying the result of work; phale = in the result; saktāḥ = attached; nibadhyate = becomes entangled.;

sarvakarmāṇi manasā saṃnyasyāste sukhaṃ vaśī
navadvāre pure dehī naiva kurvanna kārayan

Mentally renouncing all actions and fully self-controlled, the embodied one rests happily in the nine-gate city neither acting nor causing others (body and senses) to act.

sarva = all; karmāṇi = activities; manasā = by the mind; saṃnyasya = giving up; āste = remains; sukhaṃ = in happiness; vaśī = one who is controlled; navadvāre = in the place where there are nine gates; pure = in the city; dehī = the embodied soul; na = never; eva = certainly; kurvan = doing anything; na = not; kārayan = causing to be done.;

brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā

He who does actions, offering them to BRAHMAN, abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf remains unaffected by the water on it.

brahmaṇi = unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādhāya = resigning; karmāṇi = all works; saṅgaṃ = attachment; tyaktvā = giving up; karoti = performs; yaḥ = who; lipyate = is affected; na = never; saḥ = he; pāpena = by sin; padmapatraṃ = a lotus leaf; iva = like; ambhasā = by the water.;