Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 3, verse 19
A short summary of karma yoga: keep doing what must be done, but without clinging, and this itself leads to the highest.
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तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर ।असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
tasmādasaktaḥ satataṃ kāryaṃ karma samācara |asakto hyācarankarma paramāpnoti pūruṣaḥ ||
So always do the work that needs to be done, without attachment. By working without attachment, a person reaches the Supreme.
इसलिए आसक्ति छोड़कर हमेशा वह कर्म करो जो करना चाहिए। बिना आसक्ति के कर्म करने से मनुष्य परमात्मा को पा लेता है।
म्हणून आसक्ती सोडून नेहमी जे कर्तव्य कर्म आहे ते कर. आसक्तीशिवाय कर्म केल्याने माणूस परमात्म्याला प्राप्त होतो.
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तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर ।असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥
नैव तस्य कृतेनार्थो नाकृतेनेह कश्चन ।
Such a person gains nothing by acting and loses nothing by not acting, and does not depend on any being for anything.
3.20कर्मणैव हि संसिद्धिमास्थिता जनकादयः ।
King Janaka and others reached perfection through action itself. Keeping in mind the welfare of the world, you too should act.
The Yoga of Action
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