Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 5

Bhagavad Gita 5.10

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

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

Translation

He who acteth, placing all actions in the Eternal, abandoning attachment, is unaffected by sin as a lotus leaf by the waters.

What it means

One who acts, placing all actions in the Eternal and abandoning attachment, is untouched by fault, as a lotus leaf by water. The lotus is the Gita's emblem: living in the element without being wetted by it.

Try this today

The lotus image: full immersion, zero wetting. Contact without adhesion.

Something to reflect on

What water am I in daily, and am I leaf or sponge?

Read it in Yathora
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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.