Shloka 10
अक्षरब्रह्मयोग (Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga) — Knowledge of the Imperishable, Prakṛti, and Devotion
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार सांख्ययोगीके साधनका स्वरूप बतलाकर अब दसवें और ग्यारहवें श्लोकोंगें कर्मयोगियोंके साधनका फलयहित स्वरूप बतलाते हैं-- ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सड़ूं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः । लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा,जो पुरुष सब कर्मोंको परमात्मामें अर्पण करके5 और आसक्तिको त्यागकर कर्म करता है, वह पुरुष जलसे कमलके पत्तेकी भाँति पापसे लिप्त नहीं होता
arjuna uvāca | brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ | lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā ||
Arjuna said: Whoever dedicates all actions to Brahman (the Supreme), performing them after abandoning attachment, is not stained by sin—just as a lotus leaf remains untouched by water. In the ethical setting of the battlefield, the teaching reframes action: one should not flee duty out of fear of moral taint, but act with inner renunciation and God-centered offering, so that responsibility is fulfilled without selfish grasping.
अर्जुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Perform your duties while offering all actions to Brahman and abandoning attachment to outcomes; then action does not morally stain you, like water cannot cling to a lotus leaf.
In the midst of the war-setting dialogue, Arjuna voices a verse that crystallizes the Karma-yoga principle: engagement in duty is compatible with spiritual purity when actions are dedicated to the Supreme and done without possessiveness or craving for results.