Sanskrit
गतसङ्गस्य मुक्तस्य ज्ञानावस्थितचेतसः । यज्ञायाचरतः कर्म समग्रं प्रविलीयते ॥
gata-saṅgasya muktasya jñānāvasthita-cetasaḥ yajñāyācarataḥ karma samagraṃ pravilīyate
Translation
Of one with attachment dead, harmonious, with his thoughts established in wisdom, his works sacrifices, all action melts away.
Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain
Explanation
The section’s summary claim: for someone free of attachment, liberated, established in wisdom, doing action “as sacrifice,” the entirety of their action simply dissolves, leaving no residue. The word yajña is doing new work here — not the ritual sacrifice of verse 12, but a reframing of ordinary action itself as sacrificial offering, which is exactly the idea the next eight verses develop in systematic detail.
Concepts