Your right is to the work, never to its fruits.

What it means

You control the effort, not the result. The Gita's most famous verse asks you to give yourself to the action and let go of what comes of it, without using that as an excuse to do nothing. Do the work well and release the scoreboard.

The source

"Your right is to the work, never to its fruits." Bhagavad Gita said it in Bhagavad Gita 2.47. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Spartan Surfers.

"कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन"

Original Sanskrit, Bhagavad Gita 2.47. Text read at sa.wikisource.org.

Who said it

Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BC). Seven hundred Sanskrit verses from the Mahabharata in which Krishna counsels the warrior Arjuna on the eve of battle. It teaches action without attachment to results.

Questions

What does "Your right is to the work, never to its fruits." mean?

You control the effort, not the result. The Gita's most famous verse asks you to give yourself to the action and let go of what comes of it, without using that as an excuse to do nothing. Do the work well and release the scoreboard.

Who said "Your right is to the work, never to its fruits."?

Bhagavad Gita (c. 2nd century BC). Source: Bhagavad Gita 2.47.

What is the original Sanskrit?

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Spartan Surfers.

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