BG 5.10
One who dedicates all action to Brahman, and abandons all attachment, is untouched by sin like a lotus leaf above water.
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा
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brahmaṇyādhāya — dedicated to Brahman
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brahmaṇi — to God
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ādhāya — dedicating
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karmāṇi — all actions
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saṅgaṁ — attachment
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tyaktvā — abandoning
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karoti — performs
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yaḥ — who
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lipyate — is affected
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na — never
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sa — that person
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pāpena — by sin
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padma-patram — a lotus leaf
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padma
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patram
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ivāmbhasā — like by water
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iva — like
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ambhasā — by water
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One who dedicates all action to Brahman, and abandons all attachment, is untouched by sin like a lotus leaf above water. The sage renounces attachment and uses the body, mind, intellect, and senses as a means of purification. One who abandons the fruit of action attains everlasting peace. Those who remain attached to the fruit of their actions, driven by desire for the outcome, remain in bondage to attachment. One who mentally renounces all action enjoys happiness and self-control of the body, neither doing anything nor causing anything to be done.
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