Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 3, Verse 18

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन । न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana | na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ

Translation

For him, there is here no interest whatever in what is done or what is not done. Nor is there in all beings any one he should resort to for any object.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

na

not

eva

even

tasya

of him

kṛtena

with action

arthaḥ

concern

na

not

akṛtena

with inaction

iha

here

kaścana

any

na

not

ca

and

asya

of this one

sarvabhūteṣu

(in) all, in creatures

kaścit

any

arthavyapāśrayaḥ

of (an) interest, dependence

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

For the man thus rejoicing in the Self, no purpose is served by action. No evil whatever, either by way of incurring sin, or by way of losing the Self, arises in this world from inaction. Nor is there, in all beings from Brahmā (Prajāpati) down to the sthāvara or immovable objects, any whose support he has to gain by action.