Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 5, Verse 7

योगयुक्तो विशुद्धात्मा विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वभूतात्मभूतात्मा कुर्वन्नपि न लिप्यते

yogayukto viśuddhātmā vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ | sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā kurvannapi na lipyate

Translation

He who is equipped with Yoga, whose mind is quite pure, by whom the self has been conquered, whose senses have been subdued, whose Self has become the Self of all beings — though doing, he is not tainted.

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

yogayuktaḥ

yoga-united

viśuddhātmā

pure, self, whose, he

vijitendriyaḥ

conquered, senses, by whom, he

sarvabhūtātmabhūtātmā

of all, (of) beings, the Self, become, the Self, whose, he

kurvan

acting

api

even

na

not

lipyate

is affected

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

He who is equipped with Yoga, whose mind (sattva) has been purified, who has conquered the body and the senses, who sees rightly, whose Inner Consciousness, the Self, has formed the Self of all beings from Brahmā down to a clump of grass — he will not be tainted, i.e., he will not be bound by actions, though he may continue to perform them for the protection of the masses, i.e., with a view to set an example to the masses.