BG 4.20

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः ।
कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥
tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛpto nirāśrayaḥ
karmaṇy abhipravṛtto ’pi naiva kiñcit karoti saḥ

Word-for-word meanings

tyaktvā — having renounced;  karma-phala-āsaṅgam — all attachment to action and its fruits;  nitya-tṛptaḥ — being ever satisfied;  nirāśrayaḥ — [and] being without dependence [on others];  saḥ — such a person;  kiñcit eva na karoti — does nothing at all;  api — even though;  abhipravṛttaḥ — fully engaged;  karmaṇi — in action.

Translation

Having renounced all attachment to action and its fruits, being ever satisfied and without dependence on others, such a person does nothing at all, though fully engaged in action.

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