sañjaya uvāca taṁ tathā kṛpayāviṣṭam aśru-pūrṇākulekṣaṇam viṣīdantam idaṁ vākyam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
śrī-bhagavān uvāca kutas tvā kaśmalam idaṁ viṣame samupasthitam anārya-juṣṭam asvargyam akīrti-karam arjuna
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
klaibyaṁ mā sma gamaḥ pārtha naitat tvayy upapadyate kṣudraṁ hṛdaya-daurbalyaṁ tyaktvottiṣṭha paran-tapa
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
arjuna uvāca kathaṁ bhīṣmam ahaṁ saṅkhye droṇaṁ ca madhusūdana iṣubhiḥ pratiyotsyāmi pūjārhāv ari-sūdana
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
gurūn ahatvā hi mahānubhāvān śreyo bhoktuṁ bhaikṣyam apīha loke hatvārtha-kāmāṁs tu gurūn ihaiva bhuñjīya bhogān rudhira-pradigdhān
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
na caitad vidmaḥ kataran no garīyo yad vā jayema yadi vā no jayeyuḥ yān eva hatvā na jijīviṣāmas te ’vasthitāḥ pramukhe dhārtarāṣṭrāḥ
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-sammūḍha-cetāḥ yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me śiṣyas te ’haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
na hi prapaśyāmi mamāpanudyād yac chokam ucchoṣaṇam indriyāṇām avāpya bhūmāv asapatnam ṛddhaṁ rājyaṁ surāṇām api cādhipatyam
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
sañjaya uvāca evam uktvā hṛṣīkeśaṁ guḍākeśaḥ paran-tapaḥ na yotsya iti govindam uktvā tūṣṇīṁ babhūva ha
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
tam uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ prahasann iva bhārata senayor ubhayor madhye viṣīdantam idaṁ vacaḥ
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
śrī-bhagavān uvāca aśocyān anvaśocas tvaṁ prajñā-vādāṁś ca bhāṣase gatāsūn agatāsūṁś ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
na tv evāhaṁ jātu nāsaṁ na tvaṁ neme janādhipāḥ na caiva na bhaviṣyāmaḥ sarve vayam ataḥ param
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
dehino ’smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā tathā dehāntara-prāptir dhīras tatra na muhyati
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
yaṁ hi na vyathayanty ete puruṣaṁ puruṣarṣabha sama-duḥkha-sukhaṁ dhīraṁ so ’mṛtatvāya kalpate
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
nāsato vidyate bhāvo nābhāvo vidyate sataḥ ubhayor api dṛṣṭo ’ntas tv anayos tattva-darśibhiḥ
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
avināśi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idaṁ tatam vināśam avyayasyāsya na kaścit kartum arhati
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ anāśino ’prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
ya enaṁ vetti hantāraṁ yaś cainaṁ manyate hatam ubhau tau na vijānīto nāyaṁ hanti na hanyate
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
na jāyate mriyate vā kadācin nāyaṁ bhūtvā bhavitā vā na bhūyaḥ ajo nityaḥ śāśvato ’yaṁ purāṇo na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre
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The Self is never born, nor does It die. It is not that having been, It again ceases to be. Unborn, eternal, changeless, and primeval, It is not slain when the body is slain.
vedāvināśinaṁ nityaṁ ya enam ajam avyayam kathaṁ sa puruṣaḥ pārtha kaṁ ghātayati hanti kam
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya navāni gṛhṇāti naro ’parāṇi tathā śarīrāṇi vihāya jīrṇāny anyāni saṁyāti navāni dehī
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
nainaṁ chindanti śastrāṇi nainaṁ dahati pāvakaḥ na cainaṁ kledayanty āpo na śoṣayati mārutaḥ
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
acchedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
avyakto ’yam acintyo ’yam avikāryo ’yam ucyate tasmād evaṁ viditvainaṁ nānuśocitum arhasi
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
atha cainaṁ nitya-jātaṁ nityaṁ vā manyase mṛtam tathāpi tvaṁ mahā-bāho nainaṁ śocitum arhasi
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyur dhruvaṁ janma mṛtasya ca tasmād aparihārye ’rthe na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
avyaktādīni bhūtāni vyakta-madhyāni bhārata avyakta-nidhanāny eva tatra kā paridevanā
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
āścarya-vat paśyati kaścid enam āścarya-vad vadati tathaiva cānyaḥ āścarya-vac cainam anyaḥ śṛṇoti śrutvāpy enaṁ veda na caiva kaścit
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
sva-dharmam api cāvekṣya na vikampitum arhasi dharmyād dhi yuddhāc chreyo ’nyat kṣatriyasya na vidyate
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
yadṛcchayā copapannaṁ svarga-dvāram apāvṛtam sukhinaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pārtha labhante yuddham īdṛśam
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
atha cet tvam imaṁ dharmyaṁ saṅgrāmaṁ na kariṣyasi tataḥ sva-dharmaṁ kīrtiṁ ca hitvā pāpam avāpsyasi
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
akīrtiṁ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te ’vyayām sambhāvitasya cākīrtir maraṇād atiricyate
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
bhayād raṇād uparataṁ maṁsyante tvāṁ mahā-rathāḥ yeṣāṁ ca tvaṁ bahu-mato bhūtvā yāsyasi lāghavam
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
avācya-vādāṁś ca bahūn vadiṣyanti tavāhitāḥ nindantas tava sāmarthyaṁ tato duḥkha-taraṁ nu kim
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
hato vā prāpsyasi svargaṁ jitvā vā bhokṣyase mahīm tasmād uttiṣṭha kaunteya yuddhāya kṛta-niścayaḥ
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
sukha-duḥkhe same kṛtvā lābhālābhau jayājayau tato yuddhāya yujyasva naivaṁ pāpam avāpsyasi
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
eṣā te ’bhihitā sāṅkhye buddhir yoge tv imāṁ śṛṇu buddhyā yukto yayā pārtha karma-bandhaṁ prahāsyasi
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-śākhā hy anantāś ca buddhayo ’vyavasāyinām
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
yām imāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
kāmātmānaḥ svargaparā janmakarmaphalapradām . kriyāviśeṣabahulāṃ bhogaiśvaryagatiṃ prati ||2-43||
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2.43 Full of desires, having heaven as their goal, (they utter speech which is directed to ends) leading to new births as the result of their works, and prescribe various methods abounding in specific actions, for the attainment of pleasure and power.
bhogaiśvarya-prasaktānāṁ tayāpahṛta-cetasām vyavasāyātmikā buddhiḥ samādhau na vidhīyate
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
trai-guṇya-viṣayā vedā nistrai-guṇyo bhavārjuna nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-kṣema ātmavān
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
yāvān artha uda-pāne sarvataḥ samplutodake tāvān sarveṣu vedeṣu brāhmaṇasya vijānataḥ
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stv akarmaṇi
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañ-jaya siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga ucyate
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
dūreṇa hy avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañ-jaya buddhau śaraṇam anviccha kṛpaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛta-duṣkṛte tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gacchanty anāmayam
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
yadā te moha-kalilaṁ buddhir vyatitariṣyati tadā gantāsi nirvedaṁ śrotavyasya śrutasya ca
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He who is self-controlled, who has subdued his senses, and who perceives the one Self in all beings, is not bound by his actions, even while acting.
śruti-vipratipannā te yadā sthāsyati niścalā samādhāv acalā buddhis tadā yogam avāpsyasi
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The Blessed Lord said: Renunciation of action and selfless performance of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, selfless performance of action is superior to renunciation of action.
arjuna uvāca sthita-prajñasya kā bhāṣā samādhi-sthasya keśava sthita-dhīḥ kiṁ prabhāṣeta kim āsīta vrajeta kim
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
śrī-bhagavān uvāca prajahāti yadā kāmān sarvān pārtha mano-gatān ātmany evātmanā tuṣṭaḥ sthita-prajñas tadocyate
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
duḥkheṣv anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣu vigata-spṛhaḥ vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir ucyate
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
yaḥ sarvatrānabhisnehas tat tat prāpya śubhāśubham nābhinandati na dveṣṭi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
yadā saṁharate cāyaṁ kūrmo ’ṅgānīva sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
viṣayā vinivartante nirāhārasya dehinaḥ rasa-varjaṁ raso ’py asya paraṁ dṛṣṭvā nivartate
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.
yatato hy api kaunteya puruṣasya vipaścitaḥ indriyāṇi pramāthīni haranti prasabhaṁ manaḥ
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
tāni sarvāṇi saṁyamya yukta āsīta mat-paraḥ vaśe hi yasyendriyāṇi tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
dhyāyato viṣayān puṁsaḥ saṅgas teṣūpajāyate saṅgāt sañjāyate kāmaḥ kāmāt krodho ’bhijāyate
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
krodhād bhavati sammohaḥ sammohāt smṛti-vibhramaḥ smṛti-bhraṁśād buddhi-nāśo buddhi-nāśāt praṇaśyati
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
rāga-dveṣa-vimuktais tu viṣayān indriyaiś caran ātma-vaśyair vidheyātmā prasādam adhigacchati
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
prasāde sarva-duḥkhānāṁ hānir asyopajāyate prasanna-cetaso hy āśu buddhiḥ paryavatiṣṭhate
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
nāsti buddhir ayuktasya na cāyuktasya bhāvanā na cābhāvayataḥ śāntir aśāntasya kutaḥ sukham
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Endowed with pure understanding, firmly controlling the self, turning away from sound and other objects of the senses, and casting aside attraction and aversion, he is fit for becoming one with Brahman.
indriyāṇāṁ hi caratāṁ yan mano ’nuvidhīyate tad asya harati prajñāṁ vāyur nāvam ivāmbhasi
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
tasmād yasya mahā-bāho nigṛhītāni sarvaśaḥ indriyāṇīndriyārthebhyas tasya prajñā pratiṣṭhitā
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Thy right is to work only, but never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.
yā niśā sarva-bhūtānāṁ tasyāṁ jāgarti saṁyamī yasyāṁ jāgrati bhūtāni sā niśā paśyato muneḥ
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
āpūryamāṇam acala-pratiṣṭhaṁ samudram āpaḥ praviśanti yadvat tadvat kāmā yaṁ praviśanti sarve sa śāntim āpnoti na kāma-kāmī
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Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight. With mind and intellect absorbed in Me, thou shalt doubtless come to Me alone.
vihāya kāmān yaḥ sarvān pumāṁś carati niḥspṛhaḥ nirmamo nirahaṅkāraḥ sa śāntim adhigacchati
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He who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, he is wise among men, he is a Yogi and a doer of all actions.
eṣā brāhmī sthitiḥ pārtha naināṁ prāpya vimuhyati sthitvāsyām anta-kāle ’pi brahma-nirvāṇam ṛcchati
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Fixing the mind on Me, with the self purified by yoga, perform thy actions, O Bharata, established in equanimity, abandoning all attachments.