न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा ।इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते ॥
na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā |iti māṃ yo'bhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate ||
Actions do not taint me, and I have no craving for the fruit of action. One who knows me in this way is not bound by actions.
Explanation
Krishna has just said he is the source of the four social divisions yet is himself a non-doer (akartā). Here he explains why: actions do not stain him, because he has no desire (spṛhā) for their results. He adds that whoever understands this and acts in the same spirit is not bound by karma (action and its consequences).