Word meanings
- yoga-sthaḥ
- being steadfast in yog
- kuru
- perform
- karmāṇi
- duties
- saṅgam
- attachment
- tyaktvā
- having abandoned
- dhanañjaya
- Arjun
- siddhi-asiddhyoḥ
- in success and failure
- samaḥ
- equipoised
- bhūtvā
- becoming
- samatvam
- equanimity
- yogaḥ
- Yog
- ucyate
- is called
Translations
Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure; evenness of mind is called Yoga.
Revised: Perform all your actions with your mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity.
By being established in Yoga, O Dhananjaya (Arjuna), undertake actions, casting off attachment and remaining equanimous in success and failure. Equanimity is called Yoga.
हे धनञ्जय ! तू आसक्तिका त्याग करके सिद्धि-असिद्धिमें सम होकर योगमें स्थित हुआ कर्मोंको कर; क्योंकि समत्व ही योग कहा जाता है।Commentary
Dwelling in union with the Divine perform actions merely for Gods sake with a balanced mind in success and failure. Eilibrium is Yoga. The attainment of the knowledge of the Self through purity of heart obtained by doing actions without expectation of fruits is success (Siddhi). Failure is the nonattainment of knowledge by doing actions with expectation of fruit. (Cf.III.9IV.14IV.20).