Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 Verse 21
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 4 श्लोक 21

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।
शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम्।।4.21।।



हिंदी अनुवाद - स्वामी रामसुख दास जी ( भगवद् गीता 4.21)
।।4.21।।जिसका शरीर और अन्तःकरण अच्छी तरहसे वशमें किया हुआ है जिसने सब प्रकारके संग्रहका परित्याग कर दिया है ऐसा आशारहित कर्मयोगी केवल शरीरसम्बन्धी कर्म करता हुआ भी पापको प्राप्त नहीं होता।


Rudra Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary


Lord Krishna continuing this theme now explains that one who  is  completely
free from desire does not become  tainted  by  the  disease  of  materialism
while performing the natural functions that occur  automatically  to  insure
bodily maintenance. Another interpretation of this  verse  for  one  who  is
already situated in jnana yoga or the cultivation of knowledge and  is  free
from desires to enjoy and hankering for rewards  and  has  relinquished  all
possessions as well. Such a person who performs  natural  activities  for  a
renunciate like biksa or begging alms from householders  at  meal  times  to
maintain their existence or prescribed activities such as fasting  from  all
grains on Ekadasi which is the 11th day of the waxing and waning moon.  Such
a person is not implicated by  the  disease  of  materialism  by  what  they
perform.


Brahma Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary


Lord Krishna now gives the method of renouncing desires.  Restraining  ones
mind and body by the conscious of the atma or  soul  which  is  referred  to
here denotes not being dependent. By renunciation of the senses one  becomes
devoid of pride. One who is convinced that the  Supreme  Lord  performs  all
actions and  that  they  do  not  perform  any  actions  is  free  from  all
reactions.


Shri Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary


Here Lord Krishna uses the  word  nirasir  means  bereft  of  expectancy  or
devoid of all desires for rewards. The words yata-cittatma means to  control
the mind by the power of the atma or soul, keeping  the  mind  tranquil  and
equiposed, free from  agitation.  The  words  tyakta-sarva-parigrahah  means
abandoning all cravings for sense objects and sense pleasures.  As  long  as
one has life one should perform all actions as a matter of duty merely as  a
function of their body; in this way there are no reactions  to  actions  and
no disease is incurred. One will be free of this. The disease is samsara  or
repetitive bondage of birth and death in the material  existence.  If  karma
yoga or prescribed Vedic activities are  performed  in  this  way  by  those
seeking moksa or liberation  from  samsara  this  in  itself  is  sufficient
enough to lead one to atma tattva or realisation of  the  soul,  eliminating
the necessity of having to engage in the  intermediate  step  of  performing
jnana yoga or the cultivation of Vedic  knowledge  by  strictly  controlling
the senses and the cessation of actions.


Kumara Vaishnava Sampradaya - Commentary
Here Lord Krishna uses the  word  nirasir  means  bereft  of  expectancy  or
devoid of all desires for rewards. The words yata-cittatma means to  control
the mind by the power of the atma or soul, keeping  the  mind  tranquil  and
equiposed, free from  agitation.  The  words  tyakta-sarva-parigrahah  means
abandoning all cravings for sense objects and sense pleasures.  As  long  as
one has life one should perform all actions as a matter of duty merely as  a
function of their body; in this way there are no reactions  to  actions  and
no disease is incurred. One will be free of this. The disease is samsara  or
repetitive bondage of birth and death in the material  existence.  If  karma
yoga or prescribed Vedic activities are  performed  in  this  way  by  those
seeking moksa or liberation  from  samsara  this  in  itself  is  sufficient
enough to lead one to atma tattva or realisation of  the  soul,  eliminating
the necessity of having to engage in the  intermediate  step  of  performing
jnana yoga or the cultivation of Vedic  knowledge  by  strictly  controlling
the senses and the cessation of actions.