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श्रीभगवानुवाच |

śrībhagavānuvāca .

5.2 The Blessed Lord said Renunciation and the Yoga of action both lead to the highest bliss; but of the two, the Yoga of action is superior to the renunciation of action.

यज्ञार्थात्कर्मणोऽन्यत्र लोकोऽयं कर्मबन्धनः |

yajñārthātkarmaṇo.anyatra loko.ayaṃ karmabandhanaḥ .

3.9 The world is bound by actions other than those performed for the sake of sacrifice; do thou, therefore, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), perform action for that sake (for sacrifice alone), free from attachment.

तत्रैकाग्रं मनः कृत्वा यतचित्तेन्द्रियक्रियः |

tatraikāgraṃ manaḥ kṛtvā yatacittendriyakriyaḥ .

6.12 There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practise Yoga for the purification of the self.

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन |

karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana .

2.47 Thy right is to work only, but never with its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction.