Geetanjali

Bhagavad Geeta 5.12

Sanskrit

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्। अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते।।5.12।।

yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śhāntim āpnoti naiṣhṭhikīm ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate

Meaning

Focus on your effort and decisions, not outcomes. Detach from results through commitment to your values, and you'll find peace and freedom. Obsessing over success...

Translation

Giving up the results of work by becoming resolute in faith, one attains peace arising from steadfastness. One who is lacking in resolute faith, being attached to the results under the impulse of desire, becomes bound.

Related Topics

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