Verse
यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।हत्वाऽपि स इमाँल्लोकान् न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥
yasya nāhaṃkṛto bhāvo buddhiryasya na lipyatehatvā’pi sa imām̐llokān na hanti na nibadhyate
He who is free from the ego-sense, whose intelligence is not affected, though he slay these peoples, he slayeth not, nor is bound.
Gītā 18·17