na ca māṃ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṃjaya
udāsīnavad āsīnam asaktaṃ teṣu karmasu
na | – | av. – not; |
ca | – | av. – and; |
mām | – | asmat sn. 2n.1 – me; |
tāni | – | tat sn. 1n.3 n. – those; |
karmāṇi | – | karman 1n.3 n. – activities (from: √kṛ – to do); |
nibadhnanti | – | ni-√bandh (to bind, to fetter) Praes. P 1v.3 – they bind; |
dhanaṁjaya | – | dhanaṁ-jaya 8n.1 m. – O winner of wealth, O Dhanaṁjaya (yo dhanaṁ jayati saḥ – one who wins wealth; dhana – booty, prey, riches; √ji – to conquer, jaya – victory); |
udāsīnavat | – | av. – as if neutral (from: ud-√ās – to sit away, udāsīna – indifferent, neutral; -vat – suffix: as, like); |
āsīnam | – | āsīna 2n.1 m. – being seated, being present (from: √ās – to sit, to exist); |
asaktam | – | a-sakta (√sañj – to attach, to stick, to embrace) PP 2n.1 m. – unattached; |
teṣu | – | tat sn. 7n.3 n. – in those; |
karmasu | – | karman 7n.3 n. – in activities (from: √kṛ – to do); |
The second pada of verse 9.9 is the same as the fourth pada of verse BhG 4.41;
the third pada of verse 9.9 is the same as the first pada of verse BhG 14.23;
na ca mām īśvaraṃ tāni bhūta-grāmasya viṣama-sarga-nimittāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanaṃjaya | tatra karmaṇām asaṃbandhitve kāraṇam āha—udāsīnavat āsīnaṃ yathā udīsīna upekṣakaḥ kaścit tadvad āsīnam ātmano’vikriyatvāt | asaktaṃ phalāsaṅga-rahitam, abhimāna-varjitam, ahaṃ karomīti teṣu karmasu | ato’nyasyāpi kartṛtvābhimānābhāvaḥ phalāsaṅgābhāvaś cāsaṃbandha-kāraṇam, anyathā karmabhir badhyate mūḍhaḥ kośa-kāravad ity abhiprāyaḥ
na ca tāni viṣamasṛṣṭyādīni karmāṇi māṃ nibadhnanti mayi nairghṛṇyādikaṃ nāpādayanti, yataḥ kṣetrajñānāṃ pūrvakṛtāny eva karmāṇi devādiviṣamabhāvahetavaḥ; ahaṃ tu tatra vaiṣamye asaktaḥ tatrodāsīnavad āsīnaḥ; yathā +āha sūtrakāraḥ „vaiṣamyanairghṛṇye na sāpekṣatvāt”, na karmāvibhāgād iti cen nānāditvāt” iti
tāni karmāṇi kuto na badhnanti tatrāha udāsīnavad āsīnam | yathā kaścid upekṣako dvayor vivadamānayor jaya-parājayāsaṃsargī tat-kṛta-harṣa-viṣādābhyām asaṃsṛṣṭo nirvikāra āste tadvan nirvikāratayāsīnam | dvayor vivadamānayor ihābhāvād upekṣakatva-mātra-sādharmyeṇa vati-pratyayaḥ | ataeva nirvikāratvāt teṣu sṛṣṭy-ādi-karmasv asaktam ahaṃ karomīty abhimāna-lakṣeṇa saṅgena rahitaṃ māṃ na nibadnanti karmāṇīti yuktam eva | anyasyāpi hi kartṛtvābhāve phala-saṅgābhāve ca karmāṇi na bandha-kāraṇānīty uktam anena | tad-ubhaya-sattve tu kośa-kāra iva karmabhir badhyate mūḍha ity abhiprāyaḥ