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Bhagavad Gita 2.47

Chapter 2, verse 47

Meaning

Your right is to the work itself, never to what it yields. Don't make the result your reason for acting, and don't let that turn into wanting to do nothing.

The Sanskrit

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥ ४७ ॥

karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadā cana
mā karmaphalahetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi

Say it

kur-mun-yay-vaa-dhi-kaa-rus-tay maa phuh-lay-shoo kuh-daa chuh-nuh
maa kur-muh-phuh-luh-hay-toor bhoor maa tay sun-go-stvuh-kur-muh-ni

Word by word

karmaṇi eva adhikāraḥ te
your right is to the action alone
mā phaleṣu kadācana
never to its fruits
mā karma-phala-hetuḥ bhūḥ
do not let the fruit be your motive
mā te saṅgaḥ astu
nor let there be in you any attachment
akarmaṇi
to not acting
Read it in context: verses 2.45–48Your work is yours, the fruit is notWith the story so far, commentary, and today's lesson: Own the effort, release the scoreboard

Another translation and audio recitation: verse 2.47 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.