Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 18.11

Sanskrit

न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।यस्तु कर्मफलत्यागी स त्यागीत्यभिधीयते।।18.11।।

na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥ yas tu karma-phala-tyāgī sa tyāgīty abhidhīyate

Meaning

Focus on doing your work excellently without obsessing over outcomes. True mastery lies in effort itself, not controlling results.

Translation

Since it is not possible for one who holds onto a body to give up actions entirely, therefore he who renounces the results of his actions is called a man of renunciation.

Related Topics

This verse relates to the following principles from the Bhagavad Geeta: