दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय।
बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणाः फलहेतवः।।2.49।।
dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya
buddhau śharaṇam anvichchha kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ
- dūreṇa - (discrad) from far away
- hi - certainly
- avaram - inferior
- karma - reward-seeking actions
- buddhi-yogāt - with the intellect established in Divine knowledge
- dhanañjaya - Arjun
- buddhau - divine knowledge and insight
- śharaṇam - refuge
- anvichchha - seek
- kṛipaṇāḥ - miserly
- phala-hetavaḥ - those seeking fruits of their work
Far lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna. Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are those whose motive is the fruit.
