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3.18 Gaining nothing either way Krishna speaks

नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्िचदर्थव्यपाश्रयः

naiva tasya kṛitenārtho nākṛiteneha kaśhchana
na chāsya sarva-bhūteṣhu kaśhchid artha-vyapāśhrayaḥ

Such a person gains nothing by acting and loses nothing by not acting, and depends on no creature for anything.

Explanation

Nothing gained either way.

Such a person gains nothing by acting and loses nothing by not acting, and depends on no creature for anything.

Which is the precise description of someone the wheel of 3.14 no longer applies to. And it is also Krishna's own position, four verses later — where he says he acts anyway.

Word by word

na
not
eva
indeed
tasya
his
kṛitena
by discharge of duty
arthaḥ
gain
na
not
akṛitena
without discharge of duty
iha
here
kaśhchana
whatsoever
na
never
cha
and
asya
of that person
sarva-bhūteṣhu
among all living beings
kaśhchit
any
artha
necessity
vyapāśhrayaḥ
to depend upon