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Bhagavad Gītā 4.14

BG 4.14

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

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

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.

Translated by Shri Purohit Swami

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.

Translated by Swami Sivananda

Word meanings (from the gita/gita dataset)

na—not; mām—me; karmāṇi—activities; limpanti—taint; na—nor; me—my; karma-phale—the fruits of action; spṛihā—desire; iti—thus; mām—me; yaḥ—who; abhijānāti—knows; karmabhiḥ—result of action; na—never; saḥ—that person; badhyate—is bound

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Cite as: Bhagavad Gītā 4.14, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BG/4.14), after https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gita/gita@main (gita/gita on GitHub, Unlicense).

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