Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya 286

Srimad Bhagavad Gita -Ramanujacharya

Chapter-9 Rāja-vidyā Rāja--guhya Yogaḥ

na ca māṃ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya | udāsīnavad-āsīnam asaktaṃ teṣu karmasu || 9 || 9. But these actions do not bind Me, O Dhanañjaya, for I remain detached from them, remaining like one indifferent. Commentary “But results like the inequality of creation do not bind Me. I cannot be accused of such negative qualities as cruelty, partiality etc, because the differences of conditions like being born as a god, human being, animal or vegetable are all caused by the previous actions (Karmas) of individual Jīvas themselves. I am unaffected by these inequalities.” Accordingly, the author of the Vedanta-sutras says: — ‘There is no partiality or lack of compassion in Him, because creation is dependent on Karma, for so Scripture declares’ , and ‘If it be said that there can be no Karma on account of non-distinction [between Jīvas and Brahman prior to creation], it is replied that this is incorrect, because both the Jīvas and Karma are beginningless....’ .