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Bhagavad Gita 5.12

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्। अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते।।

yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śhāntim āpnoti naiṣhṭhikīm ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate

Word-by-Word

SanskritTransliterationMeaning
yuktaḥyuktaḥone who is united in consciousness with God
karma-phalamkarma-phalamthe results of all activities
tyaktvātyaktvāgiving up
śhāntimśhāntimpeace
āpnotiāpnotiattains
naiṣhṭhikīmnaiṣhṭhikīmeverlasting
ayuktaḥayuktaḥone who is not united with God in consciousness
kāma-kāreṇakāma-kāreṇaimpelled by desires
phalephalein the result
saktaḥsaktaḥattached
nibadhyatenibadhyatebecomes entangled

The one who is united (the well-poised or harmonized) having abandoned the fruit of action attains eternal peace; whereas the one who is not united (the unsteady or unbalanced), impelled by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.

युक्त पुरुष कर्मफल का त्याग करके परम शान्ति को प्राप्त होता है;  और अयुक्त पुरुष फल में आसक्त हुआ कामना के द्वारा बँधता है।।