Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4 - JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 41

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Doubt is Derogatory - 40-42

1 Gita Sloka every day - Chapter 4 -JnanaKarmaSanyasa Yoga - Sloka 41

Yoga samnyasta karmanam gyana samchinna samshayam I

Atma vantam na karmani nibadhnanti dhananjaya II sloka 41

योग संन्यस्त कर्माणं ज्ञान संछिन्न संशयं ।

आत्म वनतं न कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय ।। श्लोक ४१ 

With work absolved in yoga, and doubts rent asunder by knowledge, O Dhananjaya, actions do not bind him who is poised in the self. 

The mud-fish remains untarnished by mud, though wallowing in it all the while. A yogi is he who is not tainted by karma though ever occupied with it. Nature is infallible. There is a divine plan and purpose in its functioning. It trains and disciplines the jivatman stage by stage to perfection. He who understands this does not fall prey to doubt but applies himself with all earnestness to self-fulfillment in tune with the cosmic plan. This wholesome attitude and right application develop into enlightenment. The enlightened man, ever established in the self, neither shuns work nor is entangled in it. In freedom he works.