Bhagavad Gita
    Chapter 18 · Liberation Through Renunciation

    Verse 17

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 18, Verse 17

    यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvā ‘pi sa imāl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate

    Translation

    He who is free from the notion of 'I am the doer,' and whose understanding is not tainted, does not slay, even though he slays all these men, nor is he bound.
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