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Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.48

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि

yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi

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“Established in balance, do your work.”

मूल Original
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि

Sanskrit, in its own script.

उच्चारण How it sounds
yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi

Read it aloud — IAST transliteration.

अर्थ What it means
Established in balance, do your work.

A thought about balance.

स्रोत Where it comes from
Vyasa (Bhagavad Gita 2.48)

Krishna's counsel to Arjuna on a battlefield — on duty, action and the self.

Public domain · Ancient / pre-1960 text
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