nirāśīr yata-cittātmā
tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma
kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam

Translation

Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence perfectly controlled, gives up all sense of proprietorship over his possessions, and acts only for the bare necessities of life. Thus working, he is not affected by sinful reactions.

nirāśīr yata-cittātmā
tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma
kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam

Translation

He who is satisfied with gain which comes of its own accord, who is free from duality and does not envy, who is steady in both success and failure, is never entangled, although performing actions.

nirāśīr yata-cittātmā
tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma
kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam

Translation

The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.

nirāśīr yata-cittātmā
tyakta-sarva-parigrahaḥ
śārīraḿ kevalaḿ karma
kurvan nāpnoti kilbiṣam

Translation

A person who is fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness is sure to attain the spiritual kingdom because of his full contribution to spiritual activities, in which the consummation is absolute and that which is offered is of the same spiritual nature.

daivam evāpare yajñaḿ
yoginaḥ paryupāsate
brahmāgnāv apare yajñaḿ
yajñenaivopajuhvati

Translation

Some yogis perfectly worship the demigods by offering different sacrifices to them, and some of them offer sacrifices in the fire of the Supreme Brahman.

śrotrādīnīndriyāṇy anye
saḿyamāgniṣu juhvati
śabdādīn viṣayān anya
indriyāgniṣu juhvati

Translation

Some [the unadulterated brahmacaris] sacrifice the hearing process and the senses in the fire of mental control, and others [the regulated householders] sacrifice the objects of the senses in the fire of the senses.

sarvāṇīndriya-karmāṇi
prāṇa-karmāṇi cāpare
ātma-saḿyama-yogāgnau
juhvati jñāna-dīpite

Translation

Others, who are interested in achieving self-realization through control of the mind and senses, offer the functions of all the senses, and of the life breath, as oblations into the fire of the controlled mind.

dravya-yajñās tapo-yajñā
yoga-yajñās tathāpare
svādhyāya-jñāna-yajñāś ca
yatayaḥ saḿśita-vratāḥ

Translation

Having accepted strict vows, some become enlightened by sacrificing their possessions, and others by performing severe austerities, by practicing the yoga of eightfold mysticism, or by studying the Vedas to advance in transcendental knowledge.

apāne juhvati prāṇaḿ
prāṇe ’pānaḿ tathāpare
prāṇāpāna-gatī ruddhvā
prāṇāyāma-parāyaṇāḥ
apare niyatāhārāḥ
prāṇān prāṇeṣu juhvati

Translation

Still others, who are inclined to the process of breath restraint to remain in trance, practice by offering the movement of the outgoing breath into the incoming, and the incoming breath into the outgoing, and thus at last remain in trance, stopping all breathing. Others, curtailing the eating process, offer the outgoing breath into itself as a sacrifice.

sarve ’py ete yajña-vido
yajña-kṣapita-kalmaṣāḥ
yajña-śiṣṭāmṛta-bhujo
yānti brahma sanātanam

Translation

All these performers who know the meaning of sacrifice become cleansed of sinful reactions, and, having tasted the nectar of the results of sacrifices, they advance toward the supreme eternal atmosphere.