2024 | FOCUS ON WORK LEAVE RESULT TO GOD | Favourite Shloka Series | Part 10 | BG 2.47 | F 44

THE SOUL IS INDEPEDENT IN PERFORMING ACTIONS BUT DEPENDENT IN REAPING THE FRUITS OF ACTIONS
(Source: Bhagavad Gita - The Song of God by Swami Mukundanand)
Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन |
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ||
karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana
mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stvakarmaṇi
karmaṇi-in prescribed duties; eva-only; adhikāraḥ-right; te-your; mā-not; phaleṣhu-in the fruits; kadāchana-at any time; mā-never; karma-phala-results of the activities; hetuḥ-cause; bhūḥ-be; mā-not; te-your; saṅgaḥ-attachment; astu-must be; akarmaṇi-in inaction
BG 2.47: You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.