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Chapter 5 · Verse 12 · Karma Sanyasa Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 5.12

transformative Karma & Action Attachment & Letting Go Moksha & Liberation

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

Word by Word

yuktaḥ one who is united in consciousness with God
karma-phalam the results of all activities
tyaktvā giving up
śhāntim peace
āpnoti attains
naiṣhṭhikīm everlasting
ayuktaḥ one who is not united with God in consciousness
kāma-kāreṇa impelled by desires
phale in the result
saktaḥ attached
nibadhyate becomes entangled
Simplified Perspective

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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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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