नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः | अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ||५-१५||
nādatte kasyacitpāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ . ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ ||5-15||
- ādatte
- accepts
- kasyacit
- anyone’s
- pāpam
- sin
- na
- nor
- ca
- also
- eva
- certainly
- su-kṛtam
- pious activities
- vibhuḥ
- the Supreme Lord
- ajñānena
- by ignorance
- āvṛtam
- covered
- jñānam
- knowledge
- tena
- by that
- muhyanti
- are bewildered
- jantavaḥ
- the living entities
Nor does the Supreme Lord assume anyone’s sinful or pious activities. Embodied beings, however, are bewildered because of the ignorance which covers their real knowledge.