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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
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बाह्यस्पर्शेष्वसक्तात्मा विन्दत्यात्मनि यत्सुखम् |
स ब्रह्मयोगयुक्तात्मा सुखमक्षयमश्नुते ||५-२१||
bāhyasparśeṣvasaktātmā vindatyātmani yatsukham . sa brahmayogayuktātmā sukhamakṣayamaśnute ||5-21||
With the self unattached to external contacts he finds happiness in the Self; with the self engaged in the meditation of Brahman he attains to the endless happiness.
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Krishna tells Arjuna: "When a person stops clinging to external things for happiness and finds joy within their own self — when they connect their inner self to the infinite — they experience a happiness that never ends."
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