In plain words
Yet these actions do not bind Me, Dhananjaya. For I remain as one unconcerned, unattached to those actions.
Word for word
And those actions do not bind Me, O Dhanañjaya, [Me who am] seated like one indifferent, unattached to those actions.
न च मां तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जयउदासीनवदासीनमसक्तं तेषु कर्मसु
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▸Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam
तर्हि तस्य ते परमेश्वरस्य, भूतग्रामम् इमं विषमं विदधतः, तन्निमित्ताभ्यां धर्माधर्माभ्यां सम्बन्धः स्यादिति, इदम् आह भगवान् —
न च माम् ईश्वरं तानि भूतग्रामस्य विषमसर्गनिमित्तानि कर्माणि निबध्नन्ति धनञ्जय । तत्र कर्मणां असम्बन्धित्वे कारणमाह — उदासीनवत् आसीनं यथा उदासीनः उपेक्षकः कश्चित् तद्वत् आसीनम् , आत्मनः अविक्रियत्वात् , असक्तं फलासङ्गरहितम् , अभिमानवर्जितम् ‘अहं करोमि’ इति तेषु कर्मसु । अतः अन्यस्यापि कर्तृत्वाभिमानाभावः फलासङ्गाभावश्च असम्बन्धकारणम् , अन्यथा कर्मभिः बध्यते मूढः कोशकारवत् इत्यभिप्रायः ॥ ९ ॥
In plain words
Then you, that very Supreme Lord, in laying out this unequal crowd of living beings, would be bound up with the dharma and adharma that comes of it — so one might say. To this the Blessed Lord says:
And none of it touches me, Dhanañjaya — not even the actions that set the whole uneven, unequal creation in motion. Here's why: I sit through it the way someone truly indifferent sits through a scene that isn't theirs — untouched, because the Self simply doesn't change. I want nothing from what these actions produce, and the thought 'I am doing this' never once arises in me regarding them. And that's true for anyone, not just for me: drop the sense of being the doer, drop the craving for the fruit, and action can no longer hold you. Fail to drop them, though, and you tie yourself up in your own doing — the way a silkworm spins the very thread that becomes its prison.
Close to the Sanskrit
Then, of you, that Supreme Lord, arranging this unequal multitude of beings, there would be connection with dharma and adharma occasioned by that — thus. This the Blessed Lord says —
And those actions, which are the cause of the unequal creation of the multitude of beings, do not bind Me, the Lord, O Dhanañjaya. There, [Śaṅkara] states the reason for the non-connection of actions [with the Lord]: like an indifferent bystander who remains [uninvolved] — in that same manner [the Lord] remains — because of the Self's changelessness; unattached, [that is,] devoid of attachment to the fruit [of action]; free from the conceit 'I do [this]' with regard to those actions. Therefore, for anyone else as well, the absence of the conceit of agency and the absence of attachment to fruit are the cause of non-connection [with action]; otherwise, one who is deluded is bound by actions, like a silkworm [caught in its own cocoon] — such is the intended sense.