Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 4: Knowledge and the Renouncing of Action

Bhagavad Gita 4.41

yogasaṃnyastakarmāṇaṃ jñānasaṃchinnasaṃśayam | ātmavantaṃ na karmāṇi nibadhnanti dhanañjaya ||

Actions do not bind one who has given up action through yoga, whose doubts have been cut away by knowledge, and who is in possession of the self, Arjuna.

Modern context

Three strands of the chapter are drawn together. Action has been 'given up through yoga', which means the claim on it has been surrendered while the work itself continues. Doubt has been cut by knowledge. The person is atmavan, self-possessed: at home in themselves and not on loan to their moods or to other people's opinions. Such a person can do whatever is required, and it will not bind them.