2.48 योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय। सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya | siddhy
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yoga-sthaḥ—being steadfast in yog;kuru—perform;karmāṇi—duties;saṅgam—attachment;tyaktvā—having abandoned;dhanañjaya—Arjun;siddhi-asiddhyoḥ—in success and failure;samaḥ—equipoised;bhūtvā—becoming;samatvam—equanimity;yogaḥ—Yog;uchyate—is called
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Dhananjaya! Establish yourself in the Yoga, perform actions while abandoning attachment, and remain even-minded in success and failure; for, even-mindedness is said to be the Yoga.
Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity.
Abandoning attachment and established in Yoga, perform works, viewing success and failure with an even mind. Evenness of mind is said to be Yoga.
By being established in Yoga, O Dhananjaya (Arjuna), undertake actions, casting off attachment and remaining equipoised in success and failure. Equanimity is called Yoga.
Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure! Evenness of mind is called Yoga.
2.50 बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते। तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्
buddhi
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buddhi-yuktaḥ—endowed with wisdom;jahāti—get rid of;iha—in this life;ubhe—both;sukṛita-duṣhkṛite—good and bad deeds;tasmāt—therefore;yogāya—for Yog;yujyasva—strive for;yogaḥ—yog is;karmasu kauśhalam—the art of working skillfully
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Whoever is endowed with the faculty of determination casts off both good and bad actions. Therefore, strive for Yoga, which is proficiency in action.
When a man attains to Pure Reason, he renounces in this world the results of good and evil alike. Cling thou to Right Action. Spirituality is the real art of living.
A man with evenness of mind discards here and now good and evil. Therefore endeavour for Yoga. Yoga is skill in action.
Possessed of wisdom, one rejects here both virtue and vice. Therefore devote yourself to (Karma-) yoga. Yoga is skilfulness in action.
Endowed with wisdom (evenness of mind), one casts off in this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote thyself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.49 दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः
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Word meanings
dūreṇa—(discrad) from far away;hi—certainly;avaram—inferior;karma—reward-seeking actions;buddhi-yogāt—with the intellect established in Divine knowledge;dhanañjaya—Arjun;buddhau—divine knowledge and insight;śharaṇam—refuge;anvichchha—seek;kṛipaṇāḥ—miserly;phala-hetavaḥ—those seeking fruits of their work
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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O Dhananjaya! The inferior action stays away at a distance due to the yoga of one's contact with the determining faculty; in the determining faculty, you must seek refuge; wretched are those who are the cause of the fruits of action.
Physical action is far inferior to an intellect concentrated on the Divine. Have recourse then to Pure Intelligence. It is only the petty-minded who work for reward.
Action with attachment is far inferior, O Arjuna, to action done with evenness of mind. Seek refuge in evenness of mind. Miserable are they who act with a motive for results.
O Dhananjaya, indeed, action is quite inferior to the yoga of wisdom. Take resort to wisdom. Those who thirst for rewards are pitiable.
Far lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna! Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are they whose motive is the fruit.
