Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 5, verse 10
The lotus leaf that sits in water yet stays dry is one of the Gita's best-loved images of living in the world without being stained by it.
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ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥
brahmaṇyādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ |lipyate na sa pāpena padmapatramivāmbhasā ||
One who acts by offering all actions to Brahman and giving up attachment is not touched by wrong, just as a lotus leaf is not wetted by water.
जो सब कर्म ब्रह्म को अर्पित करके और आसक्ति छोड़कर काम करता है, उसे पाप वैसे ही नहीं छूता जैसे कमल के पत्ते को पानी।
जो सर्व कर्मे ब्रह्माला अर्पण करून आणि आसक्ती सोडून काम करतो, त्याला पाप तसेच शिवत नाही जसे कमळाच्या पानाला पाणी.
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ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥
प्रलपन्विसृजन्गृह्णन्नुन्मिषन्निमिषन्नपि ।
and while speaking, letting go, taking hold, and opening and closing the eyes, understanding that it is only the senses moving among their objects.
5.11कायेन मनसा बुद्ध्या केवलैरिन्द्रियैरपि ।
Yogis act with the body, the mind, the intellect and even the senses alone, giving up attachment, in order to purify themselves.
The Yoga of Renunciation
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