योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

• 2.47Your right is only to work, but not to its results; do not let the results of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.

• 2.48Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure; evenness of mind is called Yoga.

• 2.49Far lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna. Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are those whose motive is the fruit.
• 2.50Endowed with wisdom and evenness of mind, one casts off in this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote yourself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action.
• 2.51The 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.
• 2.52When your intellect passes beyond the mire of delusion, then you will attain indifference to what has been heard and what has yet to be heard.
• 2.53When your intellect, which is perplexed by the Vedic texts you have read, stands immovable and steady in the Self, then you will attain Self-realization.

kuru

perform

samaḥ

equipoised

uchyate

is called

yogaḥ

Yog

bhūtvā

becoming

samatvam

equanimity

saṅgam

attachment

tyaktvā

having abandoned

karmāṇi

duties

dhanañjaya

Arjun

yoga-sthaḥ

being steadfast in yog

siddhi-asiddhyoḥ

in success and failure