Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 24
Śāṇḍilī–Sumanā-saṃvāda: Sat-strī-samudācāra and Pati-dharma
Conduct of the Virtuous Wife
न वृत्तं मन्यते तस्य मन््यते न च पातकम् | तथा स्वकर्मनिर्वत्तं न पुण्यंन च पापकम्
na vṛttaṁ manyate tasya manyate na ca pātakam | tathā svakarmanirvṛttaṁ na puṇyaṁ na ca pāpakam ||
毗耶娑说：对那样的人而言，没有任何行为被视为“功德”，也没有任何行为被视为“罪”。同样，由自身所当行之业（本分之业）而起的行动，对他也不成善不成恶。安住于梵（Brahman），远离“我为作者”的我慢，他不积聚由行为所生的功过之果。
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A person established in Brahman and free from the ego of doership is not bound by action: his deeds are not counted as merit or sin, because the binding factor—self-centered agency and attachment to results—has been dissolved.
Vyāsa is explaining a doctrinal point within Anuśāsana Parva: the spiritual status of the Brahman-abiding person. He clarifies that even when such a person performs his own duties (svakarma), those actions do not generate karmic merit or demerit.