Gita map, what troubles us
फलचिन्ता Anxiety about results
Worry over how things turn out. Linked to 5 of the core shlokas.
1. See how it works
- 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 - 3.30
मयि सर्वाणि कर्माणि संन्यस्याध्यात्मचेतसा।
निराशीर्निर्ममो भूत्वा युध्यस्व विगतज्वरः ॥mayi sarvāṇi karmāṇi sannyasyādhyātma-chetasā
Renouncing all actions in Me, with the mind centered on the Self, free from hope and egoism, and from mental fever, fight thou.
nirāśhīr nirmamo bhūtvā yudhyasva vigata-jvaraḥ
2. What answers it
3. Verses to practise
- 15.5
निर्मानमोहा जितसङ्गदोषा अध्यात्मनित्या विनिवृत्तकामाः।
द्वन्द्वैर्विमुक्ताः सुखदुःखसंज्ञै र्गच्छन्त्यमूढाः पदमव्ययं तत् ॥nirmāna-mohā jita-saṅga-doṣhā
Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure…
adhyātma-nityā vinivṛitta-kāmāḥ
dvandvair vimuktāḥ sukha-duḥkha-sanjñair
gachchhanty amūḍhāḥ padam avyayaṁ tat - 5.18
विद्याविनयसंपन्ने ब्राह्मणे गवि हस्तिनि।
शुनि चैव श्वपाके च पण्डिताः समदर्शिनः ॥vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
Sages look with an equal eye on a Brahmana endowed with learning and humility, on a cow, an elephant, a dog, and even an outcaste.
śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ - 2.56
दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः।
वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥duḥkheṣhv-anudvigna-manāḥ sukheṣhu vigata-spṛihaḥ
He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not long for pleasures, and is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom.
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhaḥ sthita-dhīr munir uchyate - 12.13
अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां मैत्रः करुण एव च।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारः समदुःखसुखः क्षमी ॥adveṣhṭā sarva-bhūtānāṁ maitraḥ karuṇa eva cha
He who hates no creature, is friendly and compassionate to all, is free from attachment and egoism, is balanced in pleasure and pain, and is forgiving.
nirmamo nirahankāraḥ sama-duḥkha-sukhaḥ kṣhamī