दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय बुद्धौ शरणमन्विच्छ कृपणा: फलहेतव:
dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjaya buddhau śharaṇam anvichchha kṛipaṇāḥ phala-hetavaḥ
Recitation · Text 2.49
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (11 words)
Purport Overview & Key Insights
Krishna ranks reward-seeking action as distinctly inferior to work performed with even-minded intellect, and urges Arjuna to seek refuge in that understanding — those motivated only by results, he says, are truly miserly.
✨ Devotional Takeaway:Calling result-driven action "miserly" is a sharp word choice — it frames a narrow focus on outcomes as a kind of poverty of spirit, not practicality.