Chapter 5 · The Yoga of Renunciation · Krishna said

Bhagavad Gita 5.8 — "I am not the doer"

नैव किञ्चित्करोमीति युक्तो मन्येत तत्त्ववित्। पश्यञ्शृण्वन्स्पृशञ्जिघ्रन्नश्नन्गच्छन्स्वपञ्श्वसन् ॥

naiva kiñcitkaromīti yukto manyeta tattvavit | paśyañśruṇvanspṛśañjighrannaśnangacchansvapañśvasan ||

Meaning

The yogi who knows the truth thinks, "I do nothing at all" — even while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, walking, sleeping and breathing.

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