BG 9.28
You shall be free from bondage to the fruit of your actions, thus liberating yourself from bondage to action, and freeing yourself to come to me.
संन्यासयोगयुक्तात्मा विमुक्तो मामुपैष्यसि
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śhubhāśhubha-phalair — from good and bad results
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śhubhāśhubha — good and bad luck
Śubha means "auspicious" or "good luck", and is negated to mean "inauspicious" or "bad luck" as aśubha. -
phalaiḥ — fruit
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evaṁ — thus
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mokṣhyase — you shall be freed
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karma-bandhanaiḥ — from the bondage of action
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karma — work, action
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bandhanaiḥ — bondage
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sannyāsa-yoga-yuktātmā — attaching the mind in a spirit of renunciation
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sannyāsa — renunciation
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yoga
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yuktātmā — with utmost devotion
युक्ततम
Combination of yukta (युक्त), meaning "joined with", and atma meaning consciousness.
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vimukto — liberated
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mām — to me
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upaiṣhyasi — you shall reach
If a person meditates on me and me alone, I will look after their prosperity and welfare. Even those who are devotees of other gods, and worship them with faith, worship me alone, albeit in an incorrect manner. For I am the only enjoyer, the Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognize me, so they turn away. Those who worship the gods, go to the gods. Those who worship the ancestors, go to the ancestors. But only those who worship me shall come to me. Whatever one may offer, be it a leaf, flower, fruit, or water, I accept it, for it is offered with devotion and a pure mind. Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever charity you perform, whatever austerity you practice - do all these as an offering to me. You shall be free from bondage to the fruit of your actions, thus liberating yourself from bondage to action, and freeing yourself to come to me.
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I am not contaminated by action, since I do not desire the fruit of actions. One who understands this is freed from the bondage of action.
- Verse 4.14
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One who abandons the fruit of action attains everlasting peace. Those who remain attached to the fruit of their actions, driven by desire for the outcome, remain in bondage to attachment.
- Verse 5.12
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Those who constantly follow this doctrine of mine, firm in faith and determination, are freed from the bondage of action.
- Verse 3.31
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These various forms of sacrifice, dependent on action, are the path to your liberation.
- Verse 4.32
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This world is held in the bondage of actions that were not performed for the sake of sacrifice. Therefore, Arjuna, free yourself from attachment and perform work for this purpose alone.
- Verse 3.9