Verse 8

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In plain words

The knower of tattva, with mind collected, should understand, ‘I do nothing at all,’ while seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, moving, sleeping, and breathing,

Word for word

'I do nothing at all,' the knower of the truth, collected, should think, seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, eating, going, sleeping, breathing,

The commentators

Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· avatāraṇikā

न च असौ परमार्थतः करोतीत्यतः —

In plain words

And in the absolute sense this one does not act at all. That being so —

Close to the Sanskrit

And this one does not, from the standpoint of the highest reality, act — thus, therefore —