Bhagavadgita 5.9

5.9

brahmaṇīti | yaḥ prārabdhapuṇyopacayavān niṣkāmaḥ karmāṇi varṇāśramakarmāṇi brahmaṇi parameśvare ādhāya samarpya saṃgaṃ phalābhilāṣaṃ tyaktvā karoti īśvaroddeśena karoti saḥ madarthaṃ karma kartā pāpena ātmasākṣātkārapratibaṃdhakena karmaṇā na lipyate na lipto bhavati | yathā aṃbhasi vidyamānamapi padmapatraṃ padmasya kamalasya patraṃ dalaṃ aṃbhasā udakena na lipyate |