Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 18.17

Sanskrit

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

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

Meaning

Detach from ego and personal outcomes. Act decisively without guilt when duty demands it. Results don't bind those who serve purpose, not pride.

Translation

He who has no feeling of egoism, whose intellect is untainted, he does not kill, nor does he become bound—even by killing these creatures!

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: