yasya nahankrito bhavo buddhir yasya na lipyate hatvapi sa imal lokan na hanti na nibadhyate
One whose intelligence is free from the sense of 'I am the doer' and whose understanding is not tainted — even if that person slays these worlds — does not slay and is not bound. The absence of ego-doership brings true freedom from karmic bondage.
- •Freedom from ahankara liberates one from karmic consequences even in violent action
- •It is the ego-identification with doership that creates bondage, not the action itself
- •This paradox illuminates the deepest teaching on nishkama karma