Gita Bhashya -Sankara 154

Shri Sankara's Gita Bhashya

(Sri Sankaracharya's Commentary on the Gita)

CHAPTER -4

Na mām karmāni limpanti na me karma phale sprhā hi mām yo(a)bhijānāti karmabhir-na sa badhyate 14. Actions do not taint Me, nor have I any craving for the result of action. He who knows Me thus is not fettered by action. Those actions do not taint Me, by causing the production of a body etc., because of the absence of egoism (in Me). Nor have I any craving for the result of those actions. With regard to the worldly men (sathsārins), who have the feeling 'I am the doer'and the craving for doing work and for its fruits, it is but meet that actions should taint them; on the other hand, because of the absence of these, actions do, not taint Me. He, i.e. any other person also, who knows Me, his very Self, thus, i.e. as, "I am no doer, nor have I any craving for the result of action", he, is not fettered by action: for him also, actions do not cause the pro­ duction of a body etc. "I am no agent (doer), nor have I any craving for the result of action "-