SYNONYMS

sarva–all; karmani–activities; manasa–by the mind; sannyasya–giving up; aste–remains; sukham–in happiness; vasi–one who is controlled; nava-dvare–in the place where there are nine gates; pure–in the city; dehi–the embodied soul; na–never; eva–certainly; kurvan–doing anything; na–not; karayan–causing to be done.

TRANSLATION

When the embodied living being controls his nature and mentally renounces all actions, he resides happily in the city of nine gates [the material body], neither working nor causing work to be done.