Word meanings
- na
- not
- ādatte
- accepts
- kasyacit
- anyone’s
- pāpam
- sin
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- eva
- certainly
- su-kṛtam
- virtuous deeds
- vibhuḥ
- the omnipresent God
- ajñānena
- by ignorance
- āvṛtam
- covered
- jñānam
- knowledge
- tena
- by that
- muhyanti
- are deluded
- jantavaḥ
- the living entities
Translations
The Lord takes neither the demerit nor the merit of any; knowledge is enveloped by ignorance, and beings are deluded.
The Lord does not accept responsibility for any person's sin or merit; they are deluded, for wisdom is submerged in ignorance within them.
The Omnipresent neither accepts anyone's sin nor even virtue; knowledge remains covered by ignorance, thus the creatures become deluded.
सर्वव्यापी परमात्मा न किसीके पापकर्मको और न शुभकर्मको ही ग्रहण करता है; किन्तु अज्ञानसे ज्ञान ढका हुआ है, उसीसे सब जीव मोहित हो रहे हैं।Commentary
Knowledge is enveloped by ignorance. Conseently man is deluded. He thinks? I act. I enjoy. I have done such and such a meritourious act. I will get such and such a fruit. I will enjoy in heaven. I will get a birth in a rich family. Of anyone even of His devotees. Man is bound when he is identifies himself with Nature and its effects -- body, mind? Prana or the lifeforce, and senses. He attains freedom or Moksha when he identifies himself with the immortal, actionless Self that dwells within his heart.
When I does not act how can God accept good or evil deeds (Cf.V.29)