BG - 18.17

यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते।हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते।।18.17।।

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

• 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

Translation

He who is free from the egoistic notion, whose intelligence is not tainted by good or evil, though he slays these people, he does not slay, nor is he bound by the action.

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