न मां कर्माणि लिम्पन्ति न मे कर्मफले स्पृहा | इति मां योऽभिजानाति कर्मभिर्न स बध्यते ||४-१४||
na māṃ karmāṇi limpanti na me karmaphale spṛhā . iti māṃ yo.abhijānāti karmabhirna sa badhyate ||4-14||
Chapter 4 · Verse 14
Jnana Yoga
ज्ञानयोग
In plain words
As I have neither egoism nor desire for fruits. I am not bound by actions. Wordly people think they are the agents and they perfrom actions.
Translation
4.14 Works do not contaminate Me. In Me there is no desire for fruits of actions. He who understands Me thus is not bound by actions.
Meaning
As I have neither egoism nor desire for fruits. I am not bound by actions. Wordly people think they are the agents and they perfrom actions. They also expect fruits for their actions. So they take birth again and again. If one works without attachment without egoism without expectation of fruits he too will not be bound by actions. He will be freed from birth and death. (Cf. IX.9).
Word by word
न not माम् Me कर्माणि actions लिम्पन्ति taint न not मे to Me कर्मफले in the fruit of actions स्पृहा desire इति thus माम् Me यः who अभिजानाति knows कर्मभिः by actions न not सः he बध्यते is bound.