# Bhagavad Gita 4.21

**Canonical reference:** `gita.4.21`  
**Speaker:** Krishna  
**Corpus version:** gita-1.0.0-rc.1

## Sanskrit (Devanagari)

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः।
शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥

## IAST

nirāśīryatacittātmā tyaktasarvaparigrahaḥ
śārīraṃ kevalaṃ karma kurvannāpnoti kilbiṣam

## English — Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882

Devoid of expectations, restraining the mind and the self, and casting off all belongings, he incurs no sin, performing actions merely for the sake of the body.

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