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कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
You have the right to act...
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते
You have the right to act...
अर्जुन उवाच |
संन्यासस्य महाबाहो तत्त्वमिच्छामि वेदितुम् |
त्यागस्य च हृषीकेश पृथक्केशिनिषूदन ||१८-१||
arjuna uvāca . saṃnyāsasya mahābāho tattvamicchāmi veditum . tyāgasya ca hṛṣīkeśa pṛthakkeśiniṣūdana ||18-1||
Arjuna said I desire to know severally, O mighty-armed, the essence or truth of renunciation, O Hrishikesa, as also of abandonment, O slayer of Kesi.
In simple words
Arjuna asks one final question: "Krishna, I want to understand clearly — what is the difference between giving up action entirely and giving up attachment to the results of action?"
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