BG 4.14

न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा ।
इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते ॥
na māṁ karmāṇi limpanti na me karma-phale spṛhā
iti māṁ yo ’bhijānāti karmabhir na sa badhyate

Word-for-word meanings

karmāṇi — actions;  na limpanti — do not bind;  mām — Me;  na spṛhā — [because] there is no desire;  me — in Me;  karma-phale — for the fruits of actions;  yaḥ — one who;  abhijānāti — knows;  mām — Me;  iti — thus;  saḥ — he;  na badhyate — is not bound;  karmabhiḥ — by actions.

Translation

Actions do not bind Me, because I am devoid of desire for the fruits of actions. One who knows Me thus is not bound by actions.

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