Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 3, Verse 30
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः।।
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-cetasā
nirāśīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ
also searched as "mayi sarvani karmani sannyasyadhyatma chetasa"
Translation
Surrender all your actions to Me, with a mind focused on the Self, free from desire and selfishness, and fight with the heat of excitement abated.
Vāṇi's rendering
Give every action to me. Free of wanting, free of 'mine,' the fever gone from your heart — fight.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| मयिmayi | in me, into me |
| सर्वाणिsarvāṇi | all |
| कर्माणिkarmāṇi | actions, everything you do |
| संन्यस्यsannyasya | having laid down, having handed over (joined by sandhi with the next word) |
| अध्यात्मचेतसाadhyātma-cetasā | with the mind resting in the Self |
| निराशीःnirāśīḥ | free of craving, expecting nothing (appears as nirāśīr before the next word) |
| निर्ममःnirmamaḥ | free of 'mine' (appears as nirmamo before bhūtvā) |
| भूत्वाbhūtvā | having become |
| युध्यस्वyudhyasva | fight |
| विगतज्वरःvigata-jvaraḥ | with the fever gone, the burning left behind |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 3 Verse 30 mean?
It means the action stays and the fever goes. Krishna asks Arjuna to hand every deed over, to stop expecting and stop owning, and then to fight. Nothing is subtracted from the task. What is subtracted is the heat — the wanting and the clinging that make ordinary work unbearable.
What does mayi sarvani karmani sannyasyadhyatma chetasa teach?
That renunciation happens inside the work, not instead of it. Sannyāsa here is not walking away; it is handing the deed to Krishna while your hands are still moving. The mind rests in the Self, the deed goes to him, and you remain — doing exactly what the day asks.
Why does Krishna tell Arjuna to fight after telling him to renounce?
Because Arjuna's problem was never the fighting. It was the burning around it — the forecasts, the ownership, the dread. Krishna removes the fever, not the duty. A man free of wanting and free of 'mine' can lift the same bow he could not lift a moment ago.
What is the vigata-jvara or fever-free state in this verse?
Jvara is fever, the low burn of anxiety that runs under everything you do. Krishna names it exactly, because it is felt in the body before it is understood. When expectation and possession are set down, that heat has nothing left to feed on. What remains is clear, unhurried work.
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Commentary
Krishna does not call Arjuna off the field. He empties him and sends him back onto it. Notice the order: give the action away first, and then fight — the same fight, the same arrows, a different man holding them. Wanting is one weight. 'Mine' is another, and the fever is what the two make when they burn together. Arjuna's hands shake not from the war but from the heat of it. Take the heat out and the work stands there, plain, waiting. Whatever you have been dreading today, you will still do it. The question is whether you do it burning.