Adhyāya 18Ch 18•Verse 17
"One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intel..."
Adhyāya 18 • Shloka 17
यस्य नाहङ्कृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते | हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते || १७ ||
yasya nāhaṅkṛto bhāvo buddhir yasya na lipyate | hatvāpi sa imāḻ lokān na hanti na nibadhyate || 17 ||
"One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intelligence is not entangled, though he kills men in this world, does not kill. Nor is he bound by his actions."