उदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु ॥ ९ ॥
na ca māṃ tāni karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya .
udāsīnavadāsīnamasaktaṃ teṣu karmasu .. 9 ..
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The acts involved in the unequal creation of the multitudinous beings do not bind Me, the Iswara.—Now, the Lord gives the reason why He is not affected by the acts:—I, knowing the immutability of the Self, remain like one who is unconcerned, without attachment for the fruit of the act, i.e., without the egotistic feeling ‘I do.’ Wherefore, in the case of others also, the absence of the egotistic feeling of agency and the absence of attachment for results is the cause of freedom (from dharma and a-dharma) Otherwise, the deluded man is bound by his own acts like the silk-worm in the cocoon.
Now, the statements ‘I send forth this multitude of beings’ (ix. 7) and ‘remaining like one unconcerned’ involve a self-contradiction. In explanation thereof, the Lord says: