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Krishna

2.45 त्रैगुण्यविषया वेदा निस्त्रैगुण्यो भवार्जुन। निर्द्वन्द्वो नित्यसत्त्वस्थो निर्योगक्षेम आत्मवान्

traiguṇyaviṣayā vedā nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna | nirdvandvo nityasattvastho niryogakṣema ātmavān

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trai-guṇya—of the three modes of material nature;viṣhayāḥ—subject matter;vedāḥ—Vedic scriptures;nistrai-guṇyaḥ—above the three modes of material nature, transcendental;bhava—be;arjuna—Arjun;nirdvandvaḥ—free from dualities;nitya-sattva-sthaḥ—eternally fixed in truth;niryoga-kṣhemaḥ—unconcerned about gain and preservation;ātma-vān—situated in the self

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

The Vedas bind through the three strands. Therefore, O Arjuna, be free from the three strands, free from the pairs of opposites; be established in this eternal Being; be free from acquisition and preservation; and possess the Self.

Shri Purohit Swami

The Vedic Scriptures tell of the three constituents of life - the Qualities. Rise above all of them, O Arjuna, above all the pairs of opposing sensations; be steady in truth, free from worldly anxieties and centered in the Self.

Swami Adidevananda

The Vedas have the three Gunas for their sphere, O Arjuna. You must be free from the three Gunas and be free from the pairs of opposites. Abide in pure Sattva; never care to acquire things and to protect what has been acquired, but be established in the self.

Swami Gambirananda

O Arjuna, the Vedas [Meaning only the portion dealing with rites and duties (karma-kanda).] have the three qualities as their object. You become free from worldliness, free from the pairs of duality, ever-poised in the quality of sattva, without (desire for) acquisition and protection, and self-collected.

Swami Sivananda

The Vedas deal with the three attributes (of Nature); be thou above these three attributes, O Arjuna! Free yourself from the pairs of opposites and ever remain in the quality of Sattwa (goodness), freed from the thought of acquisition and preservation, and be established in the Self.

Krishna

2.47 कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि

karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana | mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi

Word meanings

karmaṇi—in prescribed duties;eva—only;adhikāraḥ—right;te—your;mā—not;phaleṣhu—in the fruits;kadāchana—at any time;mā—never;karma-phala—results of the activities;hetuḥ—cause;bhūḥ—be;mā—not;te—your;saṅgaḥ—attachment;astu—must be;akarmaṇi—in inaction

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

Let your claim rest on action alone and never on the fruits; you should never be the cause of the fruits of action; let not your attachment be to inaction.

Shri Purohit Swami

But thou hast only the right to work, but none to the fruit thereof. Let not then the fruit of thy action be thy motive; nor yet be thou enamored of inaction.

Swami Adidevananda

To work alone you have the right, and not to the fruits. Do not be impelled by the fruits of work. Nor have attachment to inaction.

Swami Gambirananda

Your right is for action alone, never for the results. Do not become the agent of the results of action. May you not have any inclination for inaction.

Swami Sivananda

Thy right is to work only, but never with its fruits; let not the fruits of actions be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.

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2.46 यावानर्थ उदपाने सर्वतः संप्लुतोदके। तावान्सर्वेषु वेदेषु ब्राह्मणस्य विजानतः

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yāvān—whatever;arthaḥ—purpose;uda-pāne—a well of water;sarvataḥ—in all respects;sampluta-udake—by a large lake;tāvān—that many;sarveṣhu—in all;vedeṣhu—Vedas;brāhmaṇasya—one who realizes the Absolute Truth;vijānataḥ—who is in complete knowledge

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

What portion of a reservoir, flooded with water everywhere, is useful for a man in thirst? That much portion alone in all the Vedas is useful for an intelligent student of the Vedas.

Shri Purohit Swami

As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.

Swami Adidevananda

What use a thirsty person has for a water reservoir when all sides of it are flooded - that much alone is the use of all the Vedas for a Brahmana who knows.

Swami Gambirananda

A Brahmana with realization has that much utility in all the Vedas as a man has in a well when there is a flood all around.

Swami Sivananda

To the Brahmana who has known the Self, all the Vedas are of as much use as is a reservoir of water in a place where there is a flood.