Chapter 5 · Verse 12 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 5.12
Sanskrit
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्। अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते।।5.12।।
Transliteration
yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śhāntim āpnoti naiṣhṭhikīm ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate
In plain words
You are exhausted from trying to control what you cannot control—whether your marriage will heal, whether the money will come back, whether your child will be okay, whether you'll get the job. Krishna says: do what is yours to do with full heart and integrity, then release your grip on how it turns out. The peace you're looking for isn't hiding behind a specific outcome; it's waiting for you on the other side of that grip.
Word by Word
The yogi who performs action while releasing attachment to results finds the eternal peace that Krishna speaks of—a peace untouched by the world's chaos. This is not passivity, but the deepest form of participation: you act with full integrity while surrendering the outcome to the Divine.
When you stop demanding that life deliver what you think you deserve, you discover freedom already present within you. In our achievement-obsessed world, this teaching invites us to ask: what if success meant inner stillness rather than external gain?
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Bhagavad Gita 5.12 — BG 5.12
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