BG 5.13
सर्वकर्माणि मनसा सन्न्यस्यास्ते सुखं वशी ।
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥
नवद्वारे पुरे देही नैव कुर्वन्न कारयन् ॥
sarva-karmāṇi manasā sannyasyāste sukhaṁ vaśī
nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan
nava-dvāre pure dehī naiva kurvan na kārayan
Word-for-word meanings
manasā sannyasya — having mentally renounced; sarva — all; karmāṇi — actions; dehī — the embodied self; vaśī — who has subdued the body and mind; āste — resides; sukham — happily; pure — in the city; nava-dvāre — of nine gates; na eva — neither; kurvan — acting; na — nor; kārayan — causing to act.
Translation
Having mentally renounced all actions, the embodied self who has subdued the body and mind resides happily in the city of nine gates*, neither acting nor causing to act.
Notes
* “City” refers to the body. “Nine gates” denotes the nine apertures of the body. These are for reproduction (genitals), evacuation (anus), seeing (eyes), hearing (ears), breathing (nostrils), ingestion, and speaking (mouth).