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Bhagavad Gita 4.14

न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा। इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते।।4.14।।

na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā. iti māṃ yo'bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate.4.14.

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न
not
माम्
me
कर्माणि
actions
लिम्पन्ति
taint/bind
न
not
मे
my
कर्मफले
in the fruit of action
स्पृहा
desire/longing
इति
thus
माम्
me
यः
who
अभिजानाति
knows fully/understands
कर्मभिः
by actions
न
not
सः
he
बध्यते
is bound

Commentary

14. Actions pollute Me not, nor have I a desire for the fruit of actions. He who knows Me thus is not bound by actions.

Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain

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न
माम्
कर्माणि
लिम्पन्ति
न
मे
कर्मफले
स्पृहा
इति
माम्
यः
अभिजानाति
कर्मभिः
न
सः
बध्यते

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