नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन ।
न चास्य सर्वभूतेषु कश्चिदर्थव्यपाश्रयः ॥18॥
naiva tasya kṛtenārtho nākṛteneha kaścana
na cāsya sarvabhūteṣu kaścidarthavyapāśrayaḥ
na = never; eva = certainly; tasya = his; kṛtena = by discharge of duty; arthaḥ = purpose; na = nor; akṛtena = without discharge of duty; iha = in this world; kaścana = whatever; na = never; ca = and; asya = of him; sarvabhūteṣu = among all living beings; kaścit = any; artha = purpose; vyapāśrayaḥ = taking shelter of.;
For him there is here no interest whatever in what is done, or what is not done; nor does he depend upon any being for any object.