Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 5

Bhagavad Gita 5.15

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

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

Translation

The Lord accepteth neither the evil-doing nor yet the well-doing of any. Wisdom is enveloped by unwisdom; therewith mortals are deluded.

What it means

The all-pervading One accepts neither the sin nor the virtue of anyone; knowledge is veiled by ignorance, and so beings are deluded. No cosmic scorekeeper is needed. Delusion is self-inflicted and therefore self-removable.

Try this today

Morality's consequences are impersonal - which makes understanding, not appeasement, the way out.

Something to reflect on

If no one is keeping my score, what changes about how I act?

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.