Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 9

प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेषु वर्तन्त इति धारयन्

pralapanvisṛjangṛhṇannunmiṣannimiṣannapi | indriyāṇīndriyārtheṣu vartanta iti dhārayan

Translation

'I do nothing at all'; thus should the truth-knower think, steadfast — though seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, breathing, speaking, letting go, seizing, opening and closing the eyes — remembering that the senses move among sense-objects.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

pralapan

speaking

visṛjan

giving

gṛhṇan

grasping

unmiṣan

opening (the eyes)

nimiṣan

closing (the eyes)

api

also

indriyāṇi

the senses

indriyārtheṣu

of the senses, in the objects

vartante

exist (move)

iti

thus

dhārayan

maintaining

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The truth-knower remembers that all bodily and sensory activities are operations of the senses upon their objects, not actions of the Self.