Word meanings
- buddhi-yuktaḥ
- endowed with wisdom
- jahāti
- get rid of
- iha
- in this life
- ubhe
- both
- sukṛta-duṣkṛte
- good and bad deeds
- tasmāt
- therefore
- yogāya
- for Yog
- yujyasva
- strive for
- yogaḥ
- yog is
- karmasu kauśalam
- the art of working skillfully
Translations
Endowed with wisdom and evenness of mind, one casts off in this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote yourself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action.
When a person attains Pure Reason, they renounce in this world the results of both good and evil. Cling to Right Action. Spirituality is the true art of living.
Possessed of wisdom, one rejects here both virtue and vice. Therefore, devote yourself to (Karma-) yoga; for yoga is skilfulness in action.
बुद्धि-(समता) से युक्त मनुष्य यहाँ जीवित अवस्थामें ही पुण्य और पाप दोनोंका त्याग कर देता है। अतः तू योग-(समता-) में लग जा, क्योंकि योग ही कर्मोंमें कुशलता है।Commentary
Work performed with motive towards fruits only can bind a man. It will bring the fruits and the performer of the action will have to take birth again in this mortal world to enjoy them. If work is performed with evennes of mind (the Yoga of wisdom, i.e., united to pure Buddhi, intelligence or reason) with the mind resting in the Lord, it will not bind him it will not bring any fruit it is no work at all. Actions which are of a binding nature lose that nature when performed with eanimity of mind, or poised reason.
The Yogi of poised reason attributes all actions to the Divine Actor within (Isvara or God).