Bhagavad Gita
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Verse 9
Chapter 5
Verse 10 of 29
Verse 11
Verse 5.10
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥5.10॥
5.10 brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatram ivāmbhasā
Translations
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BradOriginal Translation

Having placed actions (karmāṇi) in Brahman, having abandoned attachment, he who acts, He is not tainted by sin (pāpa), like a lotus leaf by water.

Stoller MillerLiterary

A man who relinquishes attachment and dedicates actions to the infinite spirit is not stained by evil, like a lotus leaf unstained by water.

ZaehnerJesuit

(10) And on he works though he has [long] renounced attachment, ascribing his works to Brahman; [yet] is he not stained by evil as a lotus-petal [is not stained] by water,

GambhiranandaAdvaita

5.10 One who acts by dedicating actions to Brahman and by renouncing attachment, he does not become polluted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not by water.

AdidevanandaVishishtadvaita

5.10 He who acts without attachment, reposing all actions on Brahman (Prakṛti), is untouched by evil, as a lotus-leaf by water.

SivanandaVedanta

5.10 He who does actions, offering them to Brahman, and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus-leaf is not tainted by water.

Commentaries

English
Sanskrit Original
Verse 9
Chapter 5
Verse 10 of 29
Verse 11