Offer, release, and act without inner fever.
Krishna speaks to Arjuna
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा |निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः ||३-३०||
mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi saṃnyasyādhyātmacetasā . nirāśīrnirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigatajvaraḥ ||3-30||
Use this verse before any high-pressure task.
Meaning
Dedicate all actions to Me, with your mind centered in the Self. Free from expectation and possessiveness, fight without inner fever.
Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).
In plain words
Offer every action to Krishna and act without anxiety.
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Explanation
This is one of the most complete Karma Yoga formulas in the Gita. Dedicate action to the Divine. Keep awareness rooted in the Self. Drop anxious expectation. Release possessiveness. Then perform your duty without feverish agitation. For modern professionals, this is a complete work meditation: offer, focus, release, act.
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Krishna gathers the whole teaching into a single, powerful instruction. Surrender all your actions to Me, fix the mind on the Self, become nirashih (free from craving for results), nirmama (free from the sense of 'mine'), vigata-jvara (free from the fever of anxiety) — and then act, then fight.
This is the crown of karma-yoga: action offered to the Divine in complete inner surrender. The 'mental fever' Krishna names is the feverish agitation of desire, possessiveness, and worry that poisons our work and our peace. By dedicating every deed to the Supreme and releasing the ego's grip on outcomes, one acts with calm clarity even in the most demanding circumstances — even on a battlefield.
Here the answer to Arjuna's opening doubt is complete: he need not choose between spirituality and duty. Offer the duty to God, and the duty itself becomes liberation.
In daily life
Before important work, dedicate it, release ownership, and act calmly.
Before a launch, a founder can say: I offer this work, I will do my best, and I release anxiety over the result.
Try this today
Use the four-step practice: offer, focus, release, act.
I offer my actions and act without inner fever.Reflect
What action can I offer to Krishna today?
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Krishna on karma yoga, in other chapters
- Verse 11.55Work selflessly for the Divine, love it above all, release attachment, and hate no one — this is the path home.
- Verse 12.17Rise above rejoicing, hating, grieving, and craving — while keeping the heart full of devotion.
- Verse 8.7You need not abandon your duties to seek God; remember the Divine while you work, and your whole life becomes worship.
- Verse 9.28Offer your actions to the Divine and release attachment to their outcomes; this very surrender is what sets you free.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 3.30
Who says Bhagavad Gita 3.30, and to whom?
Krishna speaks to Arjuna in verse 3.30, in Chapter 3, Karma Yoga (Karma Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 3.30 mean?
Dedicate all actions to Me, with your mind centered in the Self. Free from expectation and possessiveness, fight without inner fever. (Translation: Gita Guidance (original English rendering).)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 3.30 for daily life?
Before important work, dedicate it, release ownership, and act calmly. Before a launch, a founder can say: I offer this work, I will do my best, and I release anxiety over the result.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 3.30 mean?
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि — in Me all actions; संन्यस्य — renouncing / surrendering; अध्यात्मचेतसा — with the mind fixed on the Self / the Supreme; निराशीः निर्ममः भूत्वा — becoming free from hope and from the sense of 'mine'; विगतज्वरः — free from mental fever / anguish.
Where does verse 3.30 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 30 of 43 in Chapter 3, Karma Yoga. The next verse is 3.31.