karma-phala

How it is translated

• fruits of actions (3)
• high birth and fruitive results (1)
• resulting in fruitive action, good birth, etc. (1)
• results of the activities (1)
• those seeking fruits of their work (1)
• attachment to the fruits of action (1)
• to renounce the fruits (1)
• renunciation of the fruits of actions (1)

Every verse

1. 2.42यामिमां पुष्पितां वाचं प्रवदन्त्यविपश्चितः।yāmimāṁ puṣhpitāṁ vāchaṁ pravadanty-avipaśhchitaḥThe unwise, taking pleasure in the eulogizing words of the Vedas, utter flowery speech, saying, "There is nothing else," O Arjuna.Here: high birth and fruitive results
2. 2.43कामात्मानः स्वर्गपरा जन्मकर्मफलप्रदाम्।kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parāFull of desires, with heaven as their goal, (they speak words that are directed to ends) leading to new births as the result of their works, and prescribe various…Here: resulting in fruitive action, good birth, etc.
3. 2.47कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchanaYour 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.Here: results of the activities
4. 2.49दूरेण ह्यवरं कर्म बुद्धियोगाद्धनञ्जय।dūreṇa hy-avaraṁ karma buddhi-yogād dhanañjayaFar lower than the Yoga of wisdom is action, O Arjuna. Seek thou refuge in wisdom; wretched are those whose motive is the fruit.Here: those seeking fruits of their work
5. 4.20त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः।tyaktvā karma-phalāsaṅgaṁ nitya-tṛipto nirāśhrayaḥHaving abandoned attachment to the fruits of the action, ever content, depending on nothing, he does not do anything even while being engaged in activity.Here: attachment to the fruits of action
6. 5.14न कर्तृत्वं न कर्माणि लोकस्य सृजति प्रभुः।na kartṛitvaṁ na karmāṇi lokasya sṛijati prabhuḥNeither does the Lord create agency nor actions for the world, nor union with the fruits of actions; rather, it is Nature that acts.Here: fruits of actions
7. 12.11अथैतदप्यशक्तोऽसि कर्तुं मद्योगमाश्रितः।athaitad apy aśhakto ’si kartuṁ mad-yogam āśhritaḥIf you are unable to do even this, then, resort to union with Me and renounce the fruits of all actions with self-control.Here: to renounce the fruits
8. 12.12श्रेयो हि ज्ञानमभ्यासाज्ज्ञानाद्ध्यानं विशिष्यते।śhreyo hi jñānam abhyāsāj jñānād dhyānaṁ viśhiṣhyateBetter indeed is knowledge than practice; better than knowledge is meditation; better than meditation is the renunciation of the fruits of actions: peace immediately…Here: renunciation of the fruits of actions
9. 18.2काम्यानां कर्मणां न्यासं संन्यासं कवयो विदुः।kāmyānāṁ karmaṇāṁ nyāsaṁ sannyāsaṁ kavayo viduḥThe Blessed Lord said, "The sages understand sannyasa to be the renunciation of action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment of the fruits of all actions to be…Here: fruits of actions
10. 18.11न हि देहभृता शक्यं त्यक्तुं कर्माण्यशेषतः।na hi deha-bhṛitā śhakyaṁ tyaktuṁ karmāṇy aśheṣhataḥIndeed, it is not possible for an embodied being to completely abandon actions; however, he who relinquishes the rewards of actions is truly called a man of renunciation.Here: fruits of actions
11. 18.27रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुर्लुब्धो हिंसात्मकोऽशुचिः।rāgī karma-phala-prepsur lubdho hinsātmako ‘śhuchiḥPassionate, desiring to obtain the reward of their actions, greedy, cruel, impure, moved by joy and sorrow, such an agent is said to be Rajasic.Here: fruit of work
12. 18.34यया तु धर्मकामार्थान् धृत्या धारयतेऽर्जुन।yayā tu dharma-kāmārthān dhṛityā dhārayate ‘rjunaBut that, O Arjuna, by which one holds fast to Dharma (duty), enjoyment of pleasures, and earning of wealth, on account of attachment and desire for reward—that…Here: desire for rewards