Shankaracharya's commentary, trans. Alladi Mahadeva Sastry (1897)
[1]"Yogis perform action with body, mind, intellect, and even with mere senses alone — abandoning attachment — for the purification of the self."
BG 5.11
कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि। योगिनः कर्म कुर्वन्ति सङ्गं त्यक्त्वात्मशुद्धये॥५-११॥
kāyena manasā buddhyā kevalaiḥ indriyair api | yoginaḥ karma kurvanti saṅgaṃ tyaktvātma-śuddhaye || 5.11 ||
"Yogis act with body, mind, intellect, and bare senses — abandoning attachment — solely for self-purification."
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Swami Swarupananda, Srimad Bhagavad Gita (1909)
[4]"Yogins, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only by the body, mind, understanding, and also by the senses, for the purification of the self."
Annie Besant & Bhagavan Das, The Bhagavad Gītā (1905)
[5]"Yogis, having abandoned attachment, perform actions only by the body, mind, understanding, and also by the senses — for self-purification."
William Quan Judge, The Bhagavad Gita (1890)
[6]"Devotees, having given up attachment, perform works with the body, mind, understanding, and even by the senses, for the purification of the heart."
Sir Edwin Arnold, The Song Celestial (1885)
[7]"The Yogi, putting off desire, performs with body, sense, and mind and understanding — yea, with nothing more — acts purifying self."
K.T. Telang, Sacred Books of the East Vol. 8 (1882)
[9]"The devotees, abandoning attachment, perform actions with the body, mind, understanding, and also with the senses, merely for self-purification."