3.18
Chapter 3, Verse 18
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन। न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः৷৷
naiva tasya kṛtēnārthō nākṛtēnēha kaścana. na cāsya sarvabhūtēṣu kaśicadarthavyapāśrayaḥ৷৷
Translation
He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make.
Translation — Purohit Swami
Commentary
न not, एव even, तस्य of hi, कृतेन by action, अर्थः concern, न not, अकृतेन by actions not done, इह here, कश्चन् any, न not, च and, अस्य of this man, सर्वभूतेषु in all beings, कश्चित् any, अर्थव्यपाश्रयः depending for any object. Commentary: The sage who is thus rejoicing in the Self does not gain anything by doing any action. For him really no purpose is served by an action. No evil (Pratyavaya Dosha) can touch him from inaction. He does not lose anything from inaction. He need not depend upon anybody to gain a particular object. He need not exert himself to get the favour of anybody.
Commentary — Swami Sivananda
Sanskrit and transliteration of the Bhagavad Gita. Corpus compiled from the vedabase and the IIT Kanpur Gita Supersite.