Chapter 3: Karma Yoga, verse 18
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन।
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ॥
Say itnaiva tasya kṛitenārtho nākṛiteneha kaśhchana
na chāsya sarva-bhūteṣhu kaśhchid artha-vyapāśhrayaḥ
Translation
For him, there is no interest whatsoever in what is done or not done; nor does he depend on any being for any purpose.
Swami Sivananda
For him, there is no concern here at all with performing action, nor any with non-performance. Moreover, he has no dependence on any object to serve any purpose.
Swami Gambirananda
Follows the commentary of Shankara (Advaita).
He has no purpose to gain from work done or left undone, nor does he have to rely on any end.
Swami Adidevananda
Follows the commentary of Ramanuja (Vishishtadvaita).
No purpose is served for him by what he has done or by what he has not done. For him, there is hardly any dependence on any purpose among all beings.
Dr. S. Sankaranarayan
Follows the commentary of Abhinavagupta (Kashmir Shaivism).
He has nothing to gain from the performance or non-performance of action; his welfare does not depend on any contribution that an earthly creature can make.
Shri Purohit Swami
उस (कर्मयोगसे सिद्ध हुए) महापुरुषका इस संसारमें न तो कर्म करनेसे कोई प्रयोजन रहता है, और न कर्म न करनेसे ही कोई प्रयोजन रहता है, तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंमें (किसी भी प्राणीके साथ) इसका किञ्चिन्मात्र भी स्वार्थका सम्बन्ध नहीं रहता।
Swami Ramsukhdas
इस जगत् में उस पुरुष का कृत और अकृत से कोई प्रयोजन नहीं है और न वह किसी वस्तु के लिये भूतमात्र पर आश्रित होता है।
Swami Tejomayananda
Classical commentariesFor deeper study. Most are in the original Sanskrit.
Advaita
Non-dual: the self and the absolute are one.
Vishishtadvaita
Qualified non-dual: souls are real parts of the divine.
Dvaita
Dual: the soul and God are eternally distinct.
Shuddhadvaita
Pure non-dual, centred on grace and devotion.
Kashmir Shaivism
The Gita read through Trika Shaiva philosophy.
Modern teachers
20th-century teachers writing for today's readers.