BG - 5.15

नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः। अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः।।5.15।।

nādatte kasyachit pāpaṁ na chaiva sukṛitaṁ vibhuḥ ajñānenāvṛitaṁ jñānaṁ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ

• na - not
• ādatte - accepts
• kasyachit - anyone’s
• pāpam - sin
• na - not
• cha - and
• eva - certainly
• su-kṛitam - virtuous deeds
• vibhuḥ - the omnipresent God
• ajñānena - by ignorance
• āvṛitam - covered
• jñānam - knowledge
• tena - by that
• muhyanti - are deluded
• jantavaḥ - the living entities

Translation

The Lord takes neither the demerit nor the merit of any; knowledge is enveloped by ignorance, and beings are deluded.

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