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Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 2: Sankhya Yoga · Speaker: Krishna

Bhagavad Gita 2.51: Karmajam buddhiyukta hi phalam

Krishna says that the wise who have this understanding give up the fruit that action produces.

Bhagavad Gita 2.51

कर्मजं बुद्धियुक्ता हि फलं त्यक्त्वा मनीषिणः ।जन्म­ब­न्ध­वि­नि­र्मु­क्ताः पदं गच्छ­न्त्य­ना­म­य­म् ॥

Karmajam bud­dhi­yuk­ta hi phalam tyaktva manishinah
Jan­ma­ban­dha­vi­nir­muk­tah padam gachchhant­ya­na­ma­yam

karmajaṃ bud­dhi­yuk­tā hi phalaṃ tyaktvā manīṣiṇaḥ |
jan­ma­ban­dha­vi­nir­muk­tāḥ padaṃ gac­chant­ya­nā­ma­yam ||

Our meaning Krishna says that the wise who have this understanding give up the fruit that action produces. Freed from the bond of rebirth, they reach the state where there is no suffering.

हिंदी अर्थ कृष्ण कहते हैं कि बुद्धि से युक्त ज्ञानी कर्म से पैदा होने वाले फल को छोड़ देते हैं। जन्म के बंधन से मुक्त होकर वे उस पद को पाते हैं जहाँ कोई दुःख नहीं है।

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  1. कर्मजम् karmajam born of action (compound (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: karma-ja, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 258, col. 3 resulting or produced from any act (good or bad)
  2. बुद्धियुक्ताः buddhiyuktāḥ joined to understanding (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: buddhi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 733, col. 3 intelligence, reason, intellect, mind, discernment, judgment ; yukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 853, col. 2 yoked or joined or fastened or attached or harnessed
  3. हि hi for (indeclinable) Dictionary: 2. hi, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1297, col. 3 for, because, on account of
  4. फलम् phalam fruit (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: phala, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 716, col. 2 fruit (esp. of trees)
  5. त्यक्त्वा tyaktvā having given up (absolutive (having done)) Dictionary: 1. tyaj, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 456, col. 3 to leave, abandon, quit
  6. मनीषिणः manīṣiṇaḥ the wise (noun (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: manīṣin, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 784, col. 2 thoughtful, intelligent, wise, sage, prudent
  7. जन्मबन्धविनिर्मुक्ताः janmabandhavinirmuktāḥ freed from the bond of birth (compound (masculine), nominative plural) Dictionary: janman, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 411, col. 3 birth, production ; bandha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 720, col. 3 binding, tying, a bond, tie, chain, fetter ; vi-nirmukta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 971, col. 1 liberated, escaped, free or exempt from
  8. पदम् padam state, place (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: pada, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 583, col. 1 a step, pace, stride
  9. गच्छन्ति gacchanti go to, reach (present, 3rd person plural) Dictionary: 1. gam, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 to go to any state or condition, undergo
  10. अनामयम् anāmayam free from ill, sorrowless (adjective (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: an-āmaya, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 28, col. 2 free from disease, healthy, salubrious

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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 49.

The wise who have obtained devotion cast off the fruit of action; and released from the shackles of (repeated) births1, repair to that seat where there is no unhappiness2.

  1. Sutta Nipâta, pp. 3–7, &c. ↩
  2. Sutta Nipâta, p. 21. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 49, scan leaf n62). Shown verbatim.
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Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882. Public domain. Page 49.

The wise who have obtained devotion cast off the fruit of action; and released from the shackles of (repeated) births1, repair to that seat where there is no unhappiness2.

  1. Sutta Nipâta, pp. 3–7, &c. ↩
  2. Sutta Nipâta, p. 21. ↩
English translation: K. T. Telang, The Bhagavadgîtâ (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1882); public domain. archive.org (page 49, scan leaf n62). Shown verbatim.

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Annie Besant, 1895. Public domain. Page 34.

The Sages, united to Buddhi, renounce the fruit which action yieldeth, and liberated from the bonds of birth, they go to the blissful Seat.

English translation: Annie Besant, The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song (London: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895); public domain. archive.org (page 34, scan leaf n40). Shown verbatim.

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Swami Swarupananda, 1909 (first printed 1907). Public domain. Page 52.

The wise, possessed of this evenness of mind, abandoning the fruits of their actions, freed forever from the fetters of birth, go to that state which is beyond all evil.

English translation: Swami Swarupananda, Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita (Mayavati: Prabuddha Bharata Press, 1909; first printed in Prabuddha Bharata, 1907–1909); public domain. archive.org (page 52, scan leaf n65). Shown verbatim.

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. Source and changes

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Krishna speaks this verse, in chapter 2 (Sankhya Yoga).

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Sanskrit text: The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation, 1922. Meanings: written for Pujadeep with AI help and reviewed. See the source

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Sanskrit text
The Bhagavad-Gita, or The Lord's Song, with the text in Devanagari and an English translation (Annie Besant, G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras, 1922). Public domain. The Sanskrit on these pages was read from this printing’s page images.
Translation
The Bhagavadgîtâ with the Sanatsugâtîya and the Anugîtâ, translated by Kâshinâth Trimbak Telang (The Sacred Books of the East, vol. VIII, ed. F. Max Müller) (Kashinath Trimbak Telang, F. Max Müller, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Translation
The Bhagavad Gîtâ, or The Lord's Song, translated by Annie Besant (Annie Besant, Theosophical Publishing Society, London, 1895). Public domain. Shown verbatim, as printed.
Sanskrit text
Srimad-Bhagavad-Gita, with Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-by-word Literal Translation; English Rendering and Comments, Index, &c., by the Swami Swarupananda (Himalayan Series, No. XX) (Swami Swarupananda, The Editors and Publishers, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, Prabuddha Bharata Press, Mayavati, Almora, Himalayas, 1909). Public domain. Used only to date the text. The Devanagari on this page is a reading text and is not copied from this printing.
Common wording
In this text, 32 words follow today's common wording, checked against sanskritdocuments.org; Sanskrit Wikisource; Gita Press, Gorakhpur; GRETIL, Göttingen and Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
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