Chapter 5, Verse 15
नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः। अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः।।5.15।।
nādatte kasyacitpāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ. ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ.।5.15।।
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- न
- not
- आदत्ते
- takes on / accepts
- कस्यचित्
- of anyone
- पापम्
- sin
- न
- nor
- च
- and
- एव
- indeed
- सुकृतम्
- good deed / merit
- विभुः
- the all-pervading Lord
- अज्ञानेन
- by ignorance
- आवृतम्
- covered / veiled
- ज्ञानम्
- knowledge
- तेन
- by that
- मुह्यन्ति
- are deluded
- जन्तवः
- living beings
Commentary
15. The Lord takes neither the evil nor even the good deed of any; wisdom is enveloped by un- wisdom ; thereby mortals are deluded.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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पापम्
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च
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विभुः
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