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यस्य नाहंकृतो भावो बुद्धिर्यस्य न लिप्यते ।
हत्वापि स इमाँल्लोकान्न हन्ति न निबध्यते ॥१८- १७॥

Transliteration

yasya naahaMkRRito bhaawo buddhiryasya na lipyate ।

hatwaapi sa imaa.Nllokaanna hanti na nibadhyate ॥१८- १७॥

Translation

Who has not a feeling of self agency, whose wisdom is not fouled,
Is not even a killer of people, neither kills nor is bound.

Translation

The one who is free from the notion of doership and whose wisdom is not befouled; even after slaying these people, neither slays nor is bound (by the act of killing).

Translation

One who is not motivated by false ego, whose intelligence is not entangled, though he kills men in this world, is not the slayer. Nor is he bound by his actions.