Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 Verse 10
भगवद् गीता अध्याय 5 श्लोक 10

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



English Translation - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
5.10. Who performs actions by offering them to the Brahman and giving up attachment-he is not stained by sin just as the lotus-leaf is  [not stained]  by water.


English Translation of Commentary  - Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
5.10 See Comment under 5.11


Transliteration Bhagavad Gita 5.10Brahmanyaadhaaya karmaani sangam tyaktwaa karoti yah;
Lipyate na sa paapena padmapatram ivaambhasaa.


Word Meanings Bhagavad Gita 5.10brahmaṇi—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