Chapter 3, Verse 18
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन। न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana. na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścid arthavyapāśrayaḥ.3.18.
Word by word
- na eva
- not indeed / certainly not
- tasya
- for him (the self-realized one)
- kṛtena
- by action performed
- arthaḥ
- purpose/interest/gain
- na akṛtena
- nor by non-action / not performing action
- iha
- here (in this world)
- kaścana
- any (whatsoever)
- na ca
- and not
- asya
- of him
- sarva-bhūteṣu
- among all beings
- kaścit
- any
- artha-vyapāśrayaḥ
- dependence for any purpose/interest
Commentary
18. For him, there is here no interest what- ever in what is done or what is not done. Nor is there in all beings any one ne should resort to for any object.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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na eva
tasya
kṛtena
arthaḥ
na akṛtena
iha
kaścana
na ca
asya
sarva-bhūteṣu
kaścit
artha-vyapāśrayaḥ
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