BG - 5.10

ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः। लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा।।5.10।।

brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā

• brahmaṇi - to God
• ādhāya - dedicating
• karmāṇi - all actions
• saṅgam - attachment
• tyaktvā - abandoning
• karoti - performs
• yaḥ - who
• lipyate - is affected
• na - never
• saḥ - that person
• pāpena - by sin
• padma-patram - a lotus leaf
• iva - like
• ambhasā - by water

Translation

He who does actions, offering them to Brahman and abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf is not tainted by water.

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