BG 5.10
ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः ।
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा ॥
brahmaṇy ādhāya karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā karoti yaḥ
lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā
lipyate na sa pāpena padma-patram ivāmbhasā
Word-for-word meanings
yaḥ — one who; karoti — participates [in action]; ādhāya — having dedicated; karmāṇi — [his] actions; brahmaṇi — to God [Parameśvara]; tyaktvā — [and] having abandoned; saṅgam — attachment [to action and its fruit]; saḥ — he; na lipyate — is not tainted; pāpena — by sin; padma-patram iva — like a lotus leaf; ambhasā — [unmoistened] by water.
Translation
One who participates in action, having dedicated his actions to God and having abandoned all attachment to action and its fruit, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf remains unmoistened by water.