Bhagavad Gita 18.17
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते। हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।
yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate . hatvāpi sa imāँllokānna hanti na nibadhyate .. 18.17 ..
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- न
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- अहंकृतः
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- भावः
- the state/notion (of being the doer)
- बुद्धिः
- intellect/understanding
- यस्य
- of whom (whose)
- न
- not
- लिप्यते
- is tainted/attached
- हत्वा
- having killed
- अपि
- even/although
- सः
- he
- इमान्
- these
- लोकान्
- worlds/people
- न
- not
- हन्ति
- kills
- न
- not
- निबध्यते
- is bound
Commentary
17. He who is free from egotistic notion, whose mind is not tainted, — though he kills these creatures, he kills not, he is not bound.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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