Chapter 3 · Verse 25 · Karma Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 3.25
Sanskrit
सक्ताः कर्मण्यविद्वांसो यथा कुर्वन्ति भारत। कुर्याद्विद्वांस्तथासक्तश्िचकीर्षुर्लोकसंग्रहम्।।3.25।।
Transliteration
saktāḥ karmaṇyavidvānso yathā kurvanti bhārata kuryād vidvāns tathāsaktaśh chikīrṣhur loka-saṅgraham
In plain words
You are exhausted because you are white-knuckling the results—trying to force your marriage to heal, your debt to disappear, your child to be safe, your purpose to reveal itself. Krishna says: the difference between suffering and peace is not whether you work, but whether you work while strangling the outcome. Do your part with full heart and full presence, then release your grip on what should happen next. That freedom is where grace lives.
Word by Word
The ignorant act with desperate attachment to results, driven by ego and fear; the wise perform the same duties with a free heart, unbound by outcome. This is the sacred paradox of karma yoga—the enlightened one works *more* diligently than the masses, but from a place of inner liberation.
When you release your grip on what your work 'should' bring you, you become a clear channel for grace, and your actions naturally serve the whole world.
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Bhagavad Gita 3.25 — BG 3.25
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