Chapter 2 · Verse 49 · Sankhya Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 2.49
Sanskrit
दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः।।2.49।।
Transliteration
dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya buddhau śharaṇam anvichchha kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ
हिंदी अर्थ
बुद्धि योग से दूर रहकर कर्म करना बहुत ही नीच है, इसलिए हे अर्जुन, अपनी बुद्धि को ज्ञान में लगा और बुद्धि के सहारे चल। जो लोग केवल फल की चाह में कर्म करते हैं, वे बहुत ही कमजोर और दीन हैं।
Word by Word
Krishna draws a sacred line here between two paths: the cramped, grasping way of reward-chasing action, and the luminous freedom of acting from wisdom. When you surrender the fruits of your work to Divine knowing, you step out of the prison of desire into the vastness of dharma itself.
In our modern lives obsessed with metrics and outcomes, this verse invites you to ask: Am I acting to feed my ego's hunger, or am I acting as an instrument of something greater?
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Bhagavad Gita 2.49 — BG 2.49
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