Theme · 11 verses
Karma Sannyasa in the Bhagavad Gita
Verses across the Gita that speak to karma sannyasa, drawn from all chapters and ordered by where they appear.
- 5.3Freedom comes when craving and resistance no longer steer the mind.
- 5.6Real renunciation grows through practice, not withdrawal.
- 5.7Inner freedom lets action happen without leaving a trace.
- 5.8Seeing life happen is not the same as claiming it.
- 5.9Action happens; ownership is the illusion.
- 5.13Freedom begins when action no longer feels personally owned.
- 5.17Complete alignment with the supreme reality ends the cycle of return.
- 5.19Sameness of mind is the real conquest; everything else is aftermath.
- 5.25Freedom arrives when doubt ends and life turns toward all beings.
- 12.6Total devotion turns every action into worship.
- 18.57Hand over the action, and let the mind stay gathered there.