यस्त्विन्द्रियाणि मनसा नियम्यारभतेऽर्जुन।कर्मेन्द्रियैः कर्मयोगमसक्तः स विशिष्यते॥
yas tvindriyāṇi manasā niyamyārabhate ’rjunakarmendriyaiḥ karma-yogam asaktaḥ sa viśiṣyate
शब्दार्थ
व्याख्या अभी अंग्रेज़ी में उपलब्ध है। हिन्दी व्याख्या एक-एक अध्याय करके जोड़ी जा रही है।
श्लोक कहता है
But the one who gets the senses in hand with his mind, Arjuna, and then sets his body to work without holding on to it — that one is doing far better.
सरल शब्दों में
The same discipline as verse 6, with the order reversed, and the verdict flips.
There, the hands were controlled and the mind was loose. Here the mind is in hand first, and then the body goes to work.
And asaktaḥ — unattached. Working, fully, without holding the outcome.
आपने इसे कहाँ महसूस किया है
Two people do the same job to the same standard. One is counting down. The other is just in it. From outside there is no difference at all, and after ten years there is nothing but difference.
और गहराई में
Put verses 6 and 7 side by side and the chapter's argument is visible in miniature.
Same elements in both: senses, mind, action. What changes is which one is holding which. In verse 6 the hands are restrained and the mind is free to roam. In verse 7 the mind holds the senses, and the hands are then free to work.
This is the first clear statement of karma-yoga as a named practice, and it is defined by a relationship rather than by a behaviour. You cannot tell from the outside whether someone is doing it.
That has a consequence the Gita will lean on heavily. Because the practice is invisible, it does not require a special life. No robe, no forest, no withdrawal. Arjuna can do it on a battlefield, which is the only place available to him.
Viśiṣyate — he is distinguished, he stands out. It is a comparative, and the comparison is with the man in verse 6, who from a distance looks far more spiritual.