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Karma Sanyasa Yoga · The Yoga of Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 5.10

Sanskrit

ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः । लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥5.10॥

Transliteration

brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ | lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā ‖5.10‖

Meaning

One who acts, placing all actions in Brahman, abandoning attachment, is untouched by sin, as a lotus leaf is untouched by water.

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