I'm anxious about how things will turn out
Five verses to read slowly, in this order.
- 2.47
कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।
मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि ॥karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana
Your right is only to work, but not to its results; do not let the results of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stvakarmaṇi - 2.48
योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ॥yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmāṇi saṅgaṁ tyaktvā dhanañjaya
Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure; evenness of mind is called Yoga.
siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhūtvā samatvaṁ yoga uchyate - 2.50
बुद्धियुक्तो जहातीह उभे सुकृतदुष्कृते।
तस्माद्योगाय युज्यस्व योगः कर्मसु कौशलम् ॥buddhi-yukto jahātīha ubhe sukṛita-duṣhkṛite
Endowed with wisdom and evenness of mind, one casts off in this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote yourself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action.
tasmād yogāya yujyasva yogaḥ karmasu kauśhalam - 3.19
तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।
असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः ॥tasmād asaktaḥ satataṁ kāryaṁ karma samāchara
Therefore, without attachment, always perform the actions that should be done; for by performing actions without attachment, one reaches the Supreme.
asakto hyācharan karma param āpnoti pūruṣhaḥ - 5.12
युक्तः कर्मफलं त्यक्त्वा शान्तिमाप्नोति नैष्ठिकीम्।
अयुक्तः कामकारेण फले सक्तो निबध्यते ॥yuktaḥ karma-phalaṁ tyaktvā śhāntim āpnoti naiṣhṭhikīm
The one who is united (the well-poised or harmonized) having abandoned the fruit of action attains eternal peace; whereas the one who is not united (the unsteady or unbalanced), impelled by desire and attached to the fruit, is bound.
ayuktaḥ kāma-kāreṇa phale sakto nibadhyate