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Bhagavad Gita 2.51

कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः। जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम्।।

karma-jaṁ buddhi-yuktā hi phalaṁ tyaktvā manīṣhiṇaḥ janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥ padaṁ gachchhanty-anāmayam

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
karma-jamkarma-jamborn of fruitive actions
buddhi-yuktāḥbuddhi-yuktāḥendowed with equanimity of intellect
hihias
phalamphalamfruits
tyaktvātyaktvāabandoning
manīṣhiṇaḥmanīṣhiṇaḥthe wise
janma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥjanma-bandha-vinirmuktāḥfreedom from the bondage of life and death
padampadamstate
gachchhantigachchhantiattain
anāmayamanāmayamdevoid of sufferings

The wise, possessing knowledge, having abandoned the fruits of their actions, and being freed from the bonds of birth, go to the place which is beyond all evil.

बुद्धियोग युक्त मनीषी लोग कर्मजन्य फलों को त्यागकर जन्मरूप बन्धन से मुक्त हुये अनामय अर्थात् निर्दोष पद को प्राप्त होते हैं।।