यस्य नाहङ् कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते हत्वाऽपि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते
yasya nāhankṛito bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvā ‘pi sa imāñl lokān na hanti na nibadhyate
Recitation · Text 18.17
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
One whose state of mind is free of ego, whose understanding is not stained, though he kill these people, does not kill and is not bound. The chapter's most easily abused verse — and it says the intellect must be unstained, which is precisely what a killer's is not.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:It requires an unstained intellect — precisely what a killer's is not.