नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन | न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ||३-१८||
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana . na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ ||3-18||
- na
- never
- tasya
- his
- kṛtena
- by discharge of duty
- arthaḥ
- purpose
- na
- nor
- akṛtena
- without discharge of duty
- iha
- in this world
- kaścana
- whatever
- na
- never
- ca
- and
- asya
- of him
- sarva-bhūteṣu
- among all living beings
- kaścit
- any
- artha
- purpose
- vyapāśrayaḥ
- taking shelter of
A self-realized man has no purpose to fulfill in the discharge of his prescribed duties, nor has he any reason not to perform such work. Nor has he any need to depend on any other living being.