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THE BHAGAVAD-GITA.
Perform action, O Dhananjaya, dwelling in union with the divine,[1] renouncing attachments and balanced evenly in success and failure: equilibrium is called yoga. (48)
दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय ।
बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः ॥ ४९ ॥
Far lower than the Yoga of Discrimination[2] is action, O Dhananjaya. Take thou refuge in the Pure Reason[3]; pitiable are they who work for fruit. (49)
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते ।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥ ५० ॥
United to the Pure Reason[3] one abandoneth here both good and evil deeds; therefore cleave thou to yoga; yoga is skill in action. (50)
कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।
जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः पदं गच्छन्त्यनामयम् ॥ ५१ ॥
The Sages, united to the Pure Reason[3],