Chapter 4, Verse 14
Part of 4: Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — ज्ञानकर्मसंन्यासयोगन मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा। इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते॥
Transliteration
na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛihā iti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate
Meaning
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.
Word-by-word meaning
na — notmām — mekarmāṇi — activitieslimpanti — taintna — norme — mykarma-phale — the fruits of actionspṛihā — desireiti — thusmām — meyaḥ — whoabhijānāti — knowskarmabhiḥ — result of actionna — neversaḥ — that personbadhyate — 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).
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What is the meaning of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 14?▼
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.
Which chapter and verse of the Bhagavad Gita is this?▼
This is verse 14 of Chapter 4 (Jñāna Karm Sanyās Yog — Path of Knowledge and the Disciplines of Action) of the Bhagavad Gita, a scripture of 18 chapters and 700 verses spoken by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.