Verse 5.7

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 5.7:

योग-युक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ।
सर्व-भूतात्म-भूतात्मा कुर्वन्न् अपि न लिप्यते ॥ ७ ॥

yoga-yukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ |
sarva-bhūtātma-bhūtātmā kurvann api na lipyate || 7 ||

yoga-yuktaḥ–one who offers the fruits of his actions to the Supreme; viśuddha-ātmā–who has a purified mind; vijita-ātmā–whose intelligence is under his own control; jita-indriyaḥ–controlled senses; sarva-bhūta–for all living beings; ātma-bhūta-ātmā–and is the object of affection; kurvan–acting; api–although; na lipyate–is unaffected.

A person who performs niṣkāma-karma-yoga with a purified mind and controlled intelligence and whose senses are also under his control is the object of affection for all living entities. He is unaffected by action, even though engaged in action.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

Here in this verse beginning with yoga-yuktaḥ, Śrī Bhagavān is informing Arjuna that even when a jñānī engages in his prescribed duty, he remains unaffected. Such jñānīs are of three types: (1) those with pure intelligence, viśuddhātmā, (2) those with a pure mind, vijitātmā, and (3) those with controlled senses, jitendriyaḥ. They are listed in descending order of their spiritual advancement. All jīvas are affectionate to that householder who is properly engaged in niṣkāma-karma-yoga and who does not reject his prescribed duty (karma-sannyāsa). Sarva-bhūtātmā means ‘he whom all living entities love like their own selves’.