Sankhya Yoga

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41. Here, O son of Kuru, there is one thought of a resolute nature.

Many-branched and endless are the thoughts of the irresolute.

 

42-44. No conviction of a resolute nature is formed in the mind of those who are

attached to pleasures and power and whose minds are drawn away by that flowery

speech which the unwise - enamoured of Vedic utterances, declaring there is

nothing else, full of desire, having svarga as their goal - utter, (a speech)

which promises birth as the reward of actions and which abounds in specific acts

for the attainment of pleasure and power, O son of Pritha.

 

45. The Vedas treat of the triad of the gunas. Be, O Arjuna, free from the triad

of the gunas, free from pairs, free from acquisition and preservation, ever

remaining in the Sattva and self-possessed.

 

46. What utility there is in a reservoir by the side of an all-spreading flood

of water, the same (utility) there is in all Vedas for an enlightened Brahmana.

 

47. Thy concern is with action alone, never with results. Let not the fruit of

action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be for inaction.

 

48. Steadfast in devotion do thy works, O Dhananjaya, casting off attachment,

being the same in success and failure. Evenness is called Yoga.

 

49. Verily action is far inferior to devotion in wisdom (buddhi-yoga), O

Dhananjaya. In wisdom (buddhi) seek thou shelter. Wretched are they whose motive

is the fruit.

 

50. He who is endued with wisdom casts off here both good deeds and bad deeds.

Wherefore apply thyself to devotion. In regard to actions devotion is a power.

 

to be continued...