Actions do not taint me, nor do I long for their fruits. One who understands me in this way is not bound by actions.
न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा | इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते ||४-१४||
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The Bhagavad Gita, translated and commentated by S. Radhakrishnan, is one of the most scholarly and accessible English renderings of Hinduism's most beloved scripture — the dialogue between Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Radhakrishnan, philosopher and statesman, brings both rigorous intellectual insight and genuine spiritual depth to his translation and notes. This edition is treasured for its ability to illuminate the Gita's universal spiritual teaching across cultural and philosophical boundaries.
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- Krishna
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- Hindu
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- Bhagavad Gita
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- Bhagavad Gita 4.14
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- BG.4.14
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- KarmaDetachmentGod
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You have a right to action alone, never to its fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन | मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ||२-४७||
A saint also has two wings — one in the form of God-knowledge and the other in the form of his own deeds. Without God-knowledge, action is blind, and without action, God-knowledge is lame.