Pralapan visrijan grihnan unmishan nimishann api, indriyanindriyartheshu vartanta iti dharayan
Speaking, releasing, grasping, opening and closing the eyes — the yogi understands that it is only the senses moving among their objects. The Self remains untouched, like a witness behind all bodily and sensory activity.
- •Sensory activity is the domain of the instruments, not the Self
- •The yogi maintains clear discrimination between Self and body
- •Constant awareness of non-doership liberates the practitioner
Mayadhyakshena prakritih suyate sa-caracaram, hetunanena kaunteya jagad viparivartate
Under My supervision, material nature (prakriti) produces all moving and unmoving things. By reason of this, O son of Kunti, the world revolves. The Lord is the supreme overseer who directs nature's activity while remaining uninvolved — the witness consciousness behind all phenomena.
- •The Lord is the supreme witness and overseer of all creation
- •Prakriti acts under divine supervision, not independently
- •All movement in creation is sustained by God's guiding presence
Kshetra-jnam chapi mam viddhi sarva-kshetreshu bharata, kshetra-kshetrajnayor jnanam yat taj jnanam matam mama
O Arjuna, understand that I am the knower of the field in all fields. Knowledge of the field and its knower I regard as true knowledge.
- •God is the witness in all beings
- •Understanding self and body is wisdom
- •The divine knower pervades all
Prakrityaiva cha karmani kriyamanani sarvashah, yah pashyati tathatmanam akartaram sa pashyati
One who sees that all actions are performed by Prakriti alone, and that the Self is not the doer — that person truly sees. The realization that material nature is the actual agent of all activity liberates consciousness from the burden of doership.
- •All actions are performed by Prakriti, not the soul
- •The Self is a non-doer, a witness of nature's activity
- •Freedom from doership is key to liberation
Udasina-vad asino gunaির na vicalyate, guna vartanta ity evam yo 'vatishthati nengate
Those who remain neutral like a witness, unshaken by the gunas, knowing that the gunas alone are active, remain steadfast and do not waver.
- •Be a witness to the play of gunas
- •Non-identification with qualities
- •Steadiness through detached observation