The single most quoted verse of the Gita and the seed of karma yoga: act, but not for the result. Swarupananda's parenthesis supplies a word not in the Sanskrit.
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Passage
TextThy right is to work only; but never to the fruits thereof. Be thou not the producer of the fruits of (thy) actions; neither let thy attachment be towards inaction. 1 Reference Scheme Meaning
Themeaction without attachment 1 Connections
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Reframes karma as a discipline of intention rather than a ledger of consequences.
Passage Of
Source Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentarySwami Swarupananda
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1. Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, English translation and commentary
Swami Swarupananda, Advaita Ashrama / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1909Bhagavad Gita 2:47View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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