Bhagavad Gita 2.48
Chapter 2, verse 48
Meaning
Settled in yoga, Dhanañjaya, do what you have to do and let go of clinging. Stay the same in success and failure. That evenness of mind is called yoga.
The Sanskrit
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥ ४८ ॥
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanaṃjaya
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate
Say it
yo-guh-stuh-hu koo-roo kur-maa-ni sun-gum tyuk-tvaa dhuh-nun-juh-yuh
sid-dhyuh-sid-dhyo-hu suh-mo bhoo-tvaa suh-mut-vum yo-guhooch-yuh-tay
Word by word
- yoga-sthaḥ
- steady in yoga
- kuru karmāṇi
- do your actions
- saṅgam tyaktvā
- letting go of attachment
- dhanaṃjaya
- winner of wealth (Arjuna)
- siddhi-asiddhyoḥ samaḥ bhūtvā
- being the same in success and failure
- samatvam yogaḥ ucyate
- evenness is called yoga
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 2.48 on holy-bhagavad-gita.org.
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