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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18, Verse 17

Liberation Through Surrender

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

yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvā ‘pi sa imāl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate

What does Bhagavad Gita 18.17 mean?

He who has no pride and whose intellect is unalloyed by attachment, even though he kills these people, he does not kill them, and his act does not bind him.

Word-by-word meaning

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

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