Devanagari
योगसन्न्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् ।
आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥ ४१ ॥
Verse text
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ
jṣāna-saṣchinna-saṁśayam
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi
nibadhnanti dhanaṣ-jaya
Synonyms
yoga
—
by devotional service in karma-yoga
;
sannyasta
—
one who has renounced
;
karmāṇam
—
the fruits of actions
;
jṣāna
—
by knowledge
;
saṣchinna
—
cut
;
saṁśayam
—
doubts
;
ātma-vantam
—
situated in the self
;
na
—
never
;
karmāṇi
—
works
;
nibadhnanti
—
do bind
;
dhanam-jaya
—
O conqueror of riches.
Translation
One who acts in devotional service, renouncing the fruits of his actions, and whose doubts have been destroyed by transcendental knowledge, is situated factually in the self. Thus he is not bound by the reactions of work, O conqueror of riches.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
41. Actions do not bind the person who has renounced all action through niṣkāma-karma-yoga, who has then cut all doubts through jṣāna-yoga, and who has then attained directly realization of the ātmā.
Translation (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
41. Actions do not bind the person whose actions are transformed into jṣāna through niṣkāma karma yoga, who has then cut all doubts through jṣāna yoga, and who has then attained directly realization of the ātmā.
Purport
One who follows the instruction of the Bhagavad-gītā, as it is imparted by the Lord, the Personality of Godhead Himself, becomes free from all doubts by the grace of transcendental knowledge. He, as a part and parcel of the Lord, in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is already established in self-knowledge. As such, he is undoubtedly above bondage to action.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
In such a state, a person will reach a state of no karma (naiṣkarmyam). Having renounced all actions by sannyāsa, after performance of niṣkāma-karma-yoga, and having eradicated all doubts through practice of jṣāna, actions do not bind that person, who has attained realization of the soul.
Purport (Baladeva Vidyabhusana)
Such a person will attain the perfection of stopping all actions.
Actions do not bind that person who has renounced all actions by yoga. This means that the actions have become jṣāna, being executed without attachment, by niṣkāma karma yoga, expressed by words like yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi: perform your duty with composure, O Arjuna, abandoning all attachment to success or failure. (BG 2.48). Actions do not bind the person who has vanquished all doubts by the knowledge spoken by Me and who is seeing the ātmā (ātmavantam). The actions do not bind because they have been destroyed by knowledge.
Surrender Unto Me
This is niskama karma knowledge applied to work. Acts accordingly to one's duty in devotional service or just even prescribed duties, renunciation of the fruits of one's actions, no doubts due to one's deep, intense and realized transcendental knowledge ‑ he is actually situated in the self. That means he knows that he is not this body. Therefore, even though working, but in this consciousness, with this knowledge ‑ he is not bound by the reactions of work.
And what is the knowledge? That ultimately we are all parts and parcels of Krsna (already explained in text 35).
[ 5 . Conclusion: Slash with knowledge all doubts born of ignorance. "Arjuna, armed with yoga, stand and fight!" (42) ]