BG 4.41

योगसन्न्यस्तकर्माणं ज्ञानसञ्छिन्नसंशयम् ।
आत्मवन्तं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ॥
yoga-sannyasta-karmāṇaṁ jñāna-sañchinna-saṁśayam
ātmavantaṁ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya

Word-for-word meanings

dhanam-jaya — O conqueror of riches, Arjuna;  karmāṇi — actions;  na nibadhnanti — do not bind;  karmāṇam — [the person] whose fruitive actions;  sannyasta — have been relinquished;  yoga — through the yoga of selfless action [niṣkāma-karma-yoga];  saṁśayam — whose doubt;  sañchinna — has been cut;  jñāna — by wisdom;  ātma-vantam — [and] who has realized the self.

Translation

O Arjuna, actions have no binding power over the person whose fruitive actions have been relinquished through the yoga of selfless action [niṣkāma-karma-yoga], whose doubts have been slashed by wisdom, and who has realized the self.

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