Shloka 9
Viśvarūpa-darśana (The Vision of the Universal Form) — महायोगेश्वरस्य विश्वरूपदर्शनम्
सम्बन्ध-- इस प्रकार जगत्-रचनादि समस्त कर्म
na ca māṁ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya | udāsīna-vad āsīnam asaktaṁ teṣu karmasu ||
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय । उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Action becomes bondage when driven by attachment, ego, and possessiveness. The Lord presents Himself as the paradigm of acting without clinging—remaining inwardly unattached—thereby showing how one may act in the world without being fettered by karma.
In the Bhīṣma Parva dialogue on the battlefield, Kṛṣṇa explains to Arjuna why divine activity—such as sustaining and governing the cosmos—does not create karmic bondage for Him: He acts without personal attachment, like a witness, and thus remains untouched by the binding effects of action.