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Verse 5·10

The liberated worker performs action without attachment

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ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि संगं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥

brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṃgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥlipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā

He who, having abandoned attachment, acts reposing (or founding) his works on the Brahman, is not stained by sin even as water clings not to the lotus leaf.

Gītā 5·10

When works are thus “reposed on the Brahman,” the personality of the instrumental doer ceases; though he acts, he does nothing; for he has given up not only the fruits of his works, but the works themselves and the doing of them to the Lord.

CWSA 19 · Essays on the Gita · p. 201

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