Gita Verse 5.12

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 5, Verse 12

Sanskrit Verse

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्।

अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते।।5.12।।

Transliteration

yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śhāntim āpnoti naiṣhṭhikīm

ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate

Word meanings

yuktaḥ—one who is united in consciousness with God; karma-phalam—the results of all activities; tyaktvā—giving up; śhāntim—peace; āpnoti—attains; naiṣhṭhikīm—everlasting; ayuktaḥ—one who is not united with God in consciousness; kāma-kāreṇa—impelled by desires; phale—in the result; saktaḥ—attached; nibadhyate—becomes entangled

Swami Sivananda's translation

The one who is united (the well-poised or harmonized) having abandoned the fruit of action attains eternal peace; whereas the one who is not united (the unsteady or unbalanced), impelled by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.

Chapter link: Gita Chapter 5