BG 5.8-9
पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपन्श्वसन् ॥
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि ।
इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन् ॥
paśyañ śṛṇvan spṛśañ jighrann aśnan gacchan svapan śvasan
pralapan visṛjan gṛhṇann unmiṣan nimiṣann api
indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan
Word-for-word meanings
yuktaḥ — the person who is united through selfless action (karma-yoga); tattva-vit — [and] who has directly realized the truth; dhārayan — ascertains; iti — thus; api — [that] even; paśyan — while seeing; śṛṇvan — hearing; spṛśan — touching; jighran — smelling; aśnan — eating; gacchan — walking; svapan — sleeping; śvasan — breathing; pralapan — speaking; visṛjan — excreting; gṛhṇan — grasping; unmiṣan — opening the eyelids; nimiṣan — [and] closing the eyelids; indriyāṇi — the senses [alone]; vartante — are engaged; indriya-artheṣu — with their respective sense objects; iti manyeta — he thus reflects; na karomi — I do nothing; kiñcit eva — at all.
Translation
The person who is united through selfless action and who has directly realized the truth ascertains that even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping, breathing, speaking, excreting, grasping, and opening and closing the eyelids, it is only the senses that are engaged with their respective sense objects. He therefore reflects, “I do nothing at all.”