Word meanings
- sarva
- all
- karmāṇi
- activities
- manasā
- by the mind
- sannyasya
- having renounced
- āste
- remains
- sukham
- happily
- vaśī
- the self-controlled
- nava-dvāre
- of nine gates
- pure
- in the city
- dehī
- the embodied being
- na
- never
- eva
- certainly
- kurvan
- doing anything
- na
- not
- kārayan
- causing to be done
Translations
Mentally renouncing all actions and being self-controlled, the embodied one happily rests in the nine-gated city, neither acting nor causing others (body and senses) to act.
Mentally renouncing all actions, the self-controlled soul enjoys bliss in this body, the city of the nine gates, neither doing anything themselves nor causing anything to be done.
The embodied man of self-control, having given up all actions mentally, continues happily in the city of nine gates, without doing or causing anyone else to do anything.
जिसकी इन्द्रियाँ और मन वशमें हैं, ऐसा देहधारी पुरुष नौ द्वारोंवाले शरीररूपी पुरमें सम्पूर्ण कर्मोंका विवेकपूर्वक मनसे त्याग करके निःसन्देह न करता हुआ और न करवाता हुआ सुखपूर्वक (अपने स्वरूपमें) स्थित रहता है।Commentary
All actions -- (1) Nitya Karmas These are obligatory duties. Their performance does not produce any merit but their nonperformance produces demerit. Sandhyavandana, etc., belong to this category.(2) Naimittika Karmas These Karmas are performed on the occurrence of some special events such as the birth of a son, eclipse, etc.(3) Kamya Karmas These are optional. They are intended for the attainment of some special ends (for getting rain, son, etc.)(4) Nishiddha Karmas These are forbidden actions such as theft, drinking liour, etc.(5) Prayaschitta Karmas Actions performed to neutralise the effects of evil actions or sins.
The man who has controlled the senses renounces all actions by discrimination, by seeing inaction in action and rests happily in this body of nine openings (the ninegated city), because he is free from cares, worries, anxieties and fear and his mind is ite calm and he enjoys the supreme peace of the Eternal. In this ninegated city the Self is the king. The senses, the mind, the subconscious mind, and the intellect are the inhabitants or subjects. The ignorant wordly man says? I am resting in the easychair.
The man of wisdom who has realised that the Self is distinct from the body which is a product of the five elements, says? I am resting in this body. (Cf.XVIII.17-50)