Gita Verse 18.17

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, Verse 17

Sanskrit Verse

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

Transliteration

yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate

hatvā ‘pi sa imāl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate

Word meanings

yasya—whose; na ahankṛitaḥ—free from the ego of being the doer; bhāvaḥ—nature; buddhiḥ—intellect; yasya—whose; na lipyate—unattached; hatvā—slay; api—even; saḥ—they; imān—this; lokān—living beings; na—neither; hanti—kill; na—nor; nibadhyate—get bound

Swami Sivananda's translation

He who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by good or evil, though he slays these people, he does not slay, nor is he bound by the action.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 18