Chapter 18 · Verse 27 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.27
Sanskrit
रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।हर्षशोकान्वितः कर्ता राजसः परिकीर्तितः।।18.27।।
Transliteration
rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥ harṣha-śhokānvitaḥ kartā rājasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ
In plain words
You know the feeling—you work and work, but you're gripped by whether it will pay off, whether people will notice, whether you'll finally get what you're owed. That grip is what's exhausting you, and it turns even good effort into something violent against your own peace. Krishna says: the moment you stop clawing at the results and offer your work itself as an act of faith, you step out of the prison you built.
Word by Word
The Lord reveals the nature of the rajasic worker—one who acts from craving, greed, and violence, forever swinging between elation and despair. This is the worker bound by desire, unable to see action as sacred duty.
When you recognize these patterns in yourself—the need to control outcomes, the attachment to praise, the restlessness that follows—you see the prison you've built. Freedom begins when you offer your work to something greater than your own gain.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.27 — BG 18.27
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