Gita Chapter 18 – Verse 17  «   »

यस्य नाहङ्कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।
हत्वाऽपि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥ १८-१७॥


yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyate
hatvā’pi sa imām̐llokānna hanti na nibadhyate 18-17


He who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted (by good or evil) , though he slays these people, he slays not, nor is he bound (by the action) .


yasya = one whose; na = never; ahaṅkṛtaḥ = of false ego; bhāvaḥ = nature; buddhiḥ = intelligence; yasya = one whose; na = never; lipyate = is attached; hatvā = killing; api = even; saḥ = he; imān = this; lokān = world; na = never; hanti = kills; na = never; nibadhyate = becomes entangled.;

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