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न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा। इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।

na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛihā iti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate

Sanskrit Chant Recitation
Chapter 4, Verse 14
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Sanskrit to English Translation

Translator:
Actions do not taint Me, nor do I have a desire for the fruit of actions. He who knows Me thus is not bound by actions.

A Reading - Rantideb

Why: Krishna states that actions do not taint him, because he has no desire for their fruits, whoever understands this in the same way is also not bound by action.

In life: the same task done from craving the outcome feels heavy, done from genuine care without craving the outcome feels lighter, even though the action is identical.

Teaching: before a task that feels burdensome, check whether the weight is coming from the task itself or from how tightly you're gripping its result.

nanot
māmme
karmāṇiactivities
limpantitaint
nanor
memy
karma-phalethe fruits of action
spṛihādesire
itithus
māmme
yaḥwho
abhijānātiknows
karmabhiḥresult of action
nanever
saḥthat person
badhyateis bound

Deep Classical Commentary (Bhashya)

Author:
4.14 न not? माम् Me? कर्माणि actions? लिम्पन्ति taint? न not? मे to Me? कर्मफले in the fruit of actions? स्पृहा desire? इति thus? माम् Me? यः who? अभिजानाति knows? कर्मभिः by actions? न not? सः he? बध्यते is bound.Commentary As I have neither egoism nor desire for fruits? I am not bound by actions. Wordly people think they are the agents and they perfrom actions. They also expect fruits for their actions. So they take birth again and again. If one works without attachment? without egoism? without expectation of fruits? he too will not be bound by actions. He will be freed from birth and death. (Cf.IX.9).