ब्रह्मण्याधाय कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा करोति यः।
लिप्यते न स पापेन पद्मपत्रमिवाम्भसा।।
The man who acts, dedicating all his
actions to God and abandoning all
attachment, is untouched by sin
as a lotus leaf is untouched
by water.
The lotus grows in mud, but its leaf
floats above the water. Ripples pass
over it night and day, but if you look at
the leaf, it is always dry. Not a drop of
water clings to it. So the lotus growing
in mud and water is yet unsullied by
them. Just so, the man, all of whose
actions are merged into God, and
who acts with total detachment
because there is nothing beyond
to be desired, is unaffected by action.
Yet he is busy with the performance
of action for the guidance and good
of the ones who are behind him.
Bhagavadgita