दोषबुद्ध्योभयातीतो निषेधान्न निवर्तते । गुणबुद्ध्या च विहितं न करोति यथार्भक: ॥ ११ ॥
doṣa-buddhyobhayātīto niṣedhān na nivartate guṇa-buddhyā ca vihitaṁ na karoti yathārbhakaḥ
- doṣa-buddhyā
- because of thinking that such action is wrong
- ubhaya-atītaḥ
- one who has transcended both (the conceptions of mundane right and wrong)
- niṣedhāt
- from what is forbidden
- na nivartate
- he does not desist
- guṇa-buddhyā
- because of thinking it is good
- ca
- also
- vihitam
- what is enjoined
- na karoti
- he does not do
- yathā
- just like
- arbhakaḥ
- a young child
One who has transcended material good and evil automatically acts in accordance with religious injunctions and avoids forbidden activities. The self-realized person does this spontaneously, like an innocent child, and not because he is thinking in terms of material good and evil.