Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 18.2

Sanskrit

श्री भगवानुवाच काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः। सर्वकर्मफलत्यागं प्राहुस्त्यागं विचक्षणाः।।18.2।।

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥ sarva-karma-phala-tyāgaṁ prāhus tyāgaṁ vichakṣhaṇāḥ

Meaning

Focus on your work with full commitment, but release attachment to outcomes. This frees you from anxiety and enables better decision-making.

Translation

The Blessed Lord said, "The learned ones know sannyasa to be the giving up of actions done with a desire for reward. The adepts call the abandonment of the results of all works 'tyaga'."

Related Topics

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