"Yet those acts do not bind Me, O Dhananjaya — for I remain a…" — Krishna

Yet those acts do not bind Me, O Dhananjaya — for I remain as one who is indifferent, unattached to those actions.

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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.

Author: Krishna
Tradition: Hindu
Source text: Bhagavad Gita
Chapter: Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 9
Verse / page: BG.9.9
Topics: Karma Non-Attachment Detachment

Same theme, different voices

You have the right to action alone, never to its fruits at any time. Let not the fruit of action be your motive, nor let attachment to inaction take hold in you.

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.