Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2, verse 47
Probably the most quoted verse of the Gita: do your work, but do not make its results your motive.
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥
karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana |mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi ||
You have a right to your actions alone, never to their results. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, and do not become attached to doing nothing.
तुम्हारा अधिकार केवल कर्म करने में है, उसके फल में कभी नहीं। कर्म का फल तुम्हारा उद्देश्य न बने, और कर्म न करने से भी तुम्हारा लगाव न हो।
तुझा अधिकार फक्त कर्म करण्यावर आहे, त्याच्या फळावर कधीच नाही. कर्मफळ हा तुझा हेतू होऊ नये, आणि कर्म न करण्याचीही तुला आसक्ती नसावी.
In Sanskrit, sounds at word edges merge (sandhi), so a line looks like one long word. Split it to see each word and its meaning.
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥
यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके ।
A well is of little use when water floods everywhere. In the same way, all the Vedas are of little further use to a brahmin who truly knows.
2.48योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनंजय ।
Steady in yoga, do your work, Arjuna, letting go of attachment and staying the same in success and failure. This evenness of mind is called yoga.
The Yoga of Knowledge
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