2.49 दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः
dūreṇa hy
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.
2.51 कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः। जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम्
karmajaṃ buddhi
Word meanings
karma-jam—born of fruitive actions;buddhi-yuktāḥ—endowed with equanimity of intellect;hi—as;phalam—fruits;tyaktvā—abandoning;manīṣhiṇaḥ—the wise;janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ—freedom from the bondage of life and death;padam—state;gachchhanti—attain;anāmayam—devoid of sufferings
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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By renouncing the fruits of their actions, the intelligent ones, endowed with the power of determination and freed from the bonds of birth, go to a place that is free from illness.
The sages guided by Pure Intellect renounce the fruit of action; and, freed from the chains of rebirth, they reach the highest bliss.
The wise who possess evenness of mind, relinquishing the fruits born of action, are freed from the bondage of birth, and go to the region beyond all ills.
Because, those who are devoted to wisdom, (they) becoming men of Enlightenment by giving up the fruits produced by actions, reach the state beyond evils by having become freed from the bondage of birth.
The wise, possessed of knowledge, having abandoned the fruits of their actions, and being freed from the fetters of birth, go to the place which is beyond all evil.
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सांख्ययोग
Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga
sāṃkhyayoga
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2.50 बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते। तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्
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Word meanings
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.
