yuktaḥ tattva-vit–The realised karma-yogī; api–athough engaged in the functions of; paśyan–seeing; śṛṇvan–hearing; spṛśan–touching; jighṛan–smelling; aśnan–eating; gachchhan–moving; svapan–sleeping; śvasan–breathing; pralapan–speaking; visṛjan–evacuating; gṛhṇan–grasping objects in the hands; unmiṣan–and opening; nimiṣan–and closing the eyes, or blinking; dhārayan–understanding; iti–that; indriyāṇi–the senses, viz., eyes, etc.; vartante–function; indriya-artheṣu–in relation to their respective sense objects of form, etc.; iti manyeta–thus considers: (aham)–“I; na karomi–do not do; kiñchit eva–anything”. [8–9]

The realised karma-yogī performs the activities of seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, breathing, speaking, evacuating, grasping objects, blinking the eyes, and so on, and he understands, “My sense organs—eyes, ears, skin, nose, and tongue—function in relation to their respective objects of form, sound, touch, smell, and taste.” Thus, he considers, “I do not perform any action at all.”