Chapter 3 · The Way of Action

    Verse 18

    Sanskrit Text — Chapter 3, Verse 18

    नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन। न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः।।3.18।।

    Transliteration (IAST)

    naiva tasya kṛitenārtho nākṛiteneha kaśhchana na chāsya sarva-bhūteṣhu kaśhchid artha-vyapāśhrayaḥ

    Translation

    He has no purpose to gain from work done or left undone, nor does he have to rely on any end.
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