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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
You have the right to act...
A guided meditation on this verse: settle, breathe with its meaning, rest in silence, and carry its essence into your day.
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय |
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ||२-४८||
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya .
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||2-48||
Krishna tells Arjuna: "Do your work, but stay balanced. Let go of your grip on success and failure. This balance — treating success and failure the same — is what yoga really means."
Listen
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय |
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ||२-४८||
yogasthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṃ tyaktvā dhanañjaya .
siddhyasiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṃ yoga ucyate ||2-48||
BG 2.48
Settle
This appears to be an English text already, not a text requiring translation from another language into English. However, if you're asking me to verify or refine this as an authentic translation of a Bhagavad Gita concept, I can confirm this aligns with the teaching of **samatva** (equanimity) found in passages like **BG 2.48**, where Krishna teaches that yoga is the skill of action performed with evenness of mind in both success and failure. The text you've provided captures that meaning well: the cultivation of equanimity — remaining balanced whether outcomes are favorable or unfavorable — is the essence of yoga. And the wisdom is to cultivate this inner steadiness now, before circumstances demand it of you. If you have a text in Sanskrit, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, or another language that you'd like translated into English, please share it and I'll provide the translation.
The essence
Even in success and failure — that is yoga.
Breathe
You hold this moment evenly You release the difference between win and loss
Contemplate
What would you do differently if winning and losing felt the same?
Take with you
Write of a success and a failure, and what they share.