Gita Chapter 5 – Verse 10  «   »

ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥ ५-१०॥


brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā 5-10


He who does actions, offering them to BRAHMAN, abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf remains unaffected by the water on it.


brahmaṇi = unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ādhāya = resigning; karmāṇi = all works; saṅgaṃ = attachment; tyaktvā = giving up; karoti = performs; yaḥ = who; lipyate = is affected; na = never; saḥ = he; pāpena = by sin; padmapatraṃ = a lotus leaf; iva = like; ambhasā = by the water.;

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