Word meanings
- na
- not
- mām
- me
- karmāṇi
- activities
- limpanti
- taint
- na
- nor
- me
- my
- karma-phale
- the fruits of action
- spṛhā
- desire
- iti
- thus
- mām
- me
- yaḥ
- who
- abhijānāti
- knows
- karmabhiḥ
- result of action
- na
- never
- saḥ
- that person
- badhyate
- is bound
Translations
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.
My actions do not bind Me, nor do I desire anything that they can bring. He who thus realizes Me is not enslaved by action.
Actions do not taint Me; for I have no hankering for the results of actions. One who knows Me thus, does not become bound by their actions.
।।4.13 -- 4.14।। मेरे द्वारा गुणों और कर्मोंके विभागपूर्वक चारों वर्णोंकी रचना की गयी है। उस-(सृष्टि-रचना आदि-) का कर्ता होनेपर भी मुझ अव्यय परमेश्वरको तू अकर्ता जान। कारण कि कर्मोंके फलमें मेरी स्पृहा नहीं है, इसलिये मुझे कर्म लिप्त नहीं करते। इस प्रकार जो मुझे तत्त्वसे जान लेता है, वह भी कर्मोंसे नहीं बँधता।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).