For one who is free of attachment, who is liberated, whose mind is steady in knowledge, and who performs action for the sake of sacrifice, all action melts away completely.
Explanation
Krishna continues describing the person who acts without being bound by the results. Such a person is free of attachment (saṅga), steady in knowledge (jñāna), and treats action as a sacrifice (yajña), meaning an offering made without selfish aim. For them, action leaves no binding consequence and dissolves. Traditions differ on whether the sacrifice here is ritual duty or any selfless action, and this verse prepares for the next one.