Bhagavad Gita 2.49
दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय। बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः।।
dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya buddhau śharaṇam anvichchha kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ
Word-by-Word
| Sanskrit | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| dūreṇa | dūreṇa | (discrad) from far away |
| hi | hi | certainly |
| avaram | avaram | inferior |
| karma | karma | reward-seeking actions |
| buddhi-yogāt | buddhi-yogāt | with the intellect established in Divine knowledge |
| dhanañjaya | dhanañjaya | Arjun |
| buddhau | buddhau | divine knowledge and insight |
| śharaṇam | śharaṇam | refuge |
| anvichchha | anvichchha | seek |
| kṛipaṇāḥ | kṛipaṇāḥ | miserly |
| phala-hetavaḥ | phala-hetavaḥ | those seeking fruits of their work |
Far lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna. Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are those whose motive is the fruit.
इस बुद्धियोग की तुलना में(सकाम) कर्म अत्यन्त निकृष्ट हैं? इसलिये हे धनंजय तुम बद्धि की शरण लो फल की इच्छा करनेवाले कृपण (दीन) हैं।।