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Chapter 5 · Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness · 29 verses

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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Remember who is speaking. Kṛṣṇa is speaking. Take the verse as He directs.
2Say the verse and its words. Read the Sanskrit, then each word with its meaning.
3Read the translation as it is. Let the translation say what it says, without adding your own meaning.
4Read the purport. Hear the verse through the disciplic succession.
5Bring your own question. Ask: where does this verse meet my life, my trouble, my doubt?
6Act on it, remembering Kṛṣṇa. Carry one instruction into your work today.

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Duty & actionChapter 5 · Action in Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 5.12

Detached action performed in devotion

Karma · Action

युक्त: कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्‍नोति नैष्ठिकीम् ।

अयुक्त: कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥ १२ ॥

yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā

śāntim āpnoti naiṣṭhikīm

ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa

phale sakto nibadhyate

Translation

The steadily devoted soul attains unadulterated peace because he offers the result of all activities to Me; whereas a person who is not in union with the Divine, who is greedy for the fruits of his labor, becomes entangled.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

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What this verse is saying, and where it sits in the story.

3 study points

Peace Through Devotion to Kṛṣṇa

1
A steadily devoted soul offers all results to Kṛṣṇa and finds pure peace; greed for results brings entanglement.
2
Prabhupāda explains that one attached to Kṛṣṇa, working only for Him, is liberated and free from anxiety about results.
3
Work for Kṛṣṇa and offer Him the results, rather than seeking profit for your own sense pleasure.