नादत्ते कस्यचित्पापं न चैव सुकृतं विभुः ।अज्ञानेनावृतं ज्ञानं तेन मुह्यन्ति जन्तवः ॥
nādatte kasyacit pāpaṃ na caiva sukṛtaṃ vibhuḥ |ajñānenāvṛtaṃ jñānaṃ tena muhyanti jantavaḥ ||
- न आदत्ते · na ādatte
- does not take on
- पापम् · pāpam
- evil
- सुकृतम् · sukṛtam
- good deed, merit
- विभुः · vibhuḥ
- the all-pervading Lord
- अज्ञानेन · ajñānena
- by ignorance
- आवृतम् · āvṛtam
- covered
- ज्ञानम् · jñānam
- knowledge
- मुह्यन्ति · muhyanti
- are deluded
“The all-pervading Lord takes on no one's evil or good deed. Knowledge is covered by ignorance, and by that beings are deluded.”
— Original plain-language translation
Moral bookkeeping belongs to nature, not to a partisan God. The real culprit is veiling ignorance that hides discernment. Lift the veil, and confusion about doership ends.
— Reader's notes (original)