Chapter 5

Verse 12

Bhagavad Gita

युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम् |
अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ||५-१२||
Transliteration

yuktaḥ karmaphalaṃ tyaktvā śāntimāpnoti naiṣṭhikīm .
ayuktaḥ kāmakāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate ||5-12||
English Meaning

5.12 Having abandoned the fruit of action, he wins eternal peace. Others unacquainted with spirituality, led by desire and clinging to the benefit which they think will follow their actions, become entangled in them.