The Bhagwad Gita, Book 2, Verse 47
Translation
“To action alone hast thou a right and never at all to its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive; neither let there be motive in thee any attachment to inaction.”
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S Radhakrishnan
When an individual acts for the sake of his work rather than for the personal reward from it, he or she is likely to do the right thing. This moral insight from Krishna to Arjuna, in the Bhagwad Gita is popularly termed as “nishkama karma”.
“Be intent on the action, not on the fruits of action”.
Happy Janmashtami