Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana
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“Your right is to the work alone, never to its fruits.”
मूल Original
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
Sanskrit, in its own script.
उच्चारण How it sounds
karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana
Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.
अर्थ What it means
Your right is to the work alone, never to its fruits.
A thought about action.
स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 2.47)
Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.
Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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