Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.14
Bhagavad Gita Bhashya (Adi Shankaracharya) 4.14 · 4 · Verse 14
Sanskrit Original
।।4.14।। न मां तानि कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति देहाद्यारम्भकत्वेन अहंकाराभावात्। न च तेषां कर्मणां फलेषु मे मम स्पृहा तृष्णा। येषां तु संसारिणाम् अहं कर्ता इत्यभिमानः कर्मसु स्पृहा तत्फलेषु च तान् कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति इति युक्तम् तदभावात् न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति। इति एवं यः अन्योऽपि माम् आत्मत्वेन अभिजानाति नाहं कर्ता न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा इति सः कर्मभिः न बध्यते तस्यापि न देहाद्यारम्भकाणि कर्माणि भवन्ति इत्यर्थः।।नाहं कर्ता न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा इति
4.14 Because of the absence of egoism, those karmani, actions; na limpanti, do not taint; mam, Me, by becoming the originators of body etc. And me, for Me; na sprha, there is no hankering for the results of those actions. But in the case of transmigrating beings, who have self-identification in the form, 'I am the agent', and thirst for actions as also for their results, it is reasonable that actions should taint them. Owing to the absence of these, actions do not taint Me. Anyone else, too, yah, who; abhijanati, knows; mam, Me; iti, thus, as his own Self, and (knows), 'I am not an agent; I have no hankering for the results of actions'; sah, he; na badhyate, does not become bound; karmabhih, by actions. In his case also actions cease to be the originators of body etc. This is the import.