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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 4 · Jñāna Karma Sannyāsa Yoga

Shloka 4.14
Lesson 176 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Knowledge, tradition, divine descent and wise action. How are knowledge, tradition and action brought together?

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Shloka · Devanagari

न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा।इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛihāiti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate

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Sandhi-vicheda

na+mām+karmāṇi+limpanti+na+me+karma-phale+spṛihā+iti+mām+yaḥ+abhijānāti+karmabhiḥ+na+saḥ+badhyate

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Meaning of each word

nasource form
not
māmsource form
me
karmāṇisource form
activities
limpantisource form
taint
nasource form
nor
mesource form
my
karma-phalesource form
the fruits of action
spṛihāsource form
desire
itisource form
thus
māmsource form
me
yaḥsource form
who
abhijānātisource form
knows
karmabhiḥsource form
result of action
nasource form
never
saḥsource form
that person
badhyatesource form
is bound
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।4.14।। न मां तानि कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति देहाद्यारम्भकत्वेन अहंकाराभावात्। न च तेषां कर्मणां फलेषु मे मम स्पृहा तृष्णा। येषां तु संसारिणाम् अहं कर्ता इत्यभिमानः कर्मसु स्पृहा तत्फलेषु च तान् कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति इति युक्तम् तदभावात् न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति। इति एवं यः अन्योऽपि माम् आत्मत्वेन अभिजानाति नाहं कर्ता न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा इति सः कर्मभिः न बध्यते तस्यापि न देहाद्यारम्भकाणि कर्माणि भवन्ति इत्यर्थः।।नाहं कर्ता न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा इति

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 4.14
Course position176 / 701
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