Vers 2.47

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन ।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

2.47

Transliteratie

karmaṇyevādhikāraste mā phaleṣu kadācana |

mā karmaphalaheturbhūrmā te saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi ||

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · @indic-transliteration/sanscript 1.3.3

Vertaling

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.

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Woord voor woord

in action
only
right
your
not
in the fruits
ever

do not
cause of the fruits of action
be
let not
your
attachment
be
to inaction

Door Sanskrit System · Machineconcept · claude-opus-5-5 · 2026-11-08

Uitleg

This is among the most quoted verses of the Gita. Krishna tells Arjuna that his rightful concern is with action (karma) itself, never with its fruits. He should not make the result the motive for acting, and he should not fall into attachment to inaction either. The verse balances two dangers: acting only for reward, and refusing to act at all. It lays the foundation for the Gita's teaching on selfless action, where one does what is right without being bound to the outcome.