Chapter 5, Verse 10
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा।।5.10।।
brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ। lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā।।5.10।।
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- ब्रह्मणि आधाय (brahmaṇi ādhāya)
- having dedicated/placed [his actions] in Brahman
- कर्माणि (karmāṇi)
- actions (accusative plural, object of ādhāya)
- सङ्गं (saṅgaṁ)
- attachment (accusative singular, object of tyaktvā)
- त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā)
- having abandoned/relinquished
- करोति (karoti)
- he does/performs
- यः (yaḥ)
- who (relative pronoun, subject)
- लिप्यते (lipyate)
- is tainted/stained/affected
- न (na)
- not
- सः (saḥ)
- he (demonstrative pronoun, subject)
- पापेन (pāpena)
- by sin/evil (instrumental)
- पद्मपत्रम् (padma-patram)
- a lotus leaf (accusative, standard of comparison)
- इव (iva)
- like/as
- अम्भसा (ambhasā)
- by water (instrumental)
Commentary
io# He who does actions, offering them to Brahman, abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, as a lotus leaf by water.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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ब्रह्मणि आधाय (brahmaṇi ādhāya)
कर्माणि (karmāṇi)
सङ्गं (saṅgaṁ)
त्यक्त्वा (tyaktvā)
करोति (karoti)
यः (yaḥ)
लिप्यते (lipyate)
न (na)
सः (saḥ)
पापेन (pāpena)
पद्मपत्रम् (padma-patram)
इव (iva)
अम्भसा (ambhasā)
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