Bhagavad Gita · Bhagavad Gita 2.47

Karmanyevadhikaraste

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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन । मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥

karmanyevadhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana . ma karmaphalaheturbhurma te sangostvakarmani ..

Meaning

Your right is to the work itself, never to its fruits. Don't let the results be your motive — but don't fall into inaction either. Do what is yours to do, and release the outcome.

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Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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