Chapter 3

Verse 18

Bhagavad Gita

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन |
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ||३-१८||
Transliteration

naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana .
na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ ||3-18||
English Meaning

3.18 He has nothing to gain by the performance or non-performance of action. His welfare depends not on any contribution that an earthly creature can make.